What is CVE-2026-79638?

CVE-2026-79638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-79638?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance

CVE-2026-79638

Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to script injection.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance
Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Application

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

security_alert@emc.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-79638?: CVE-2026-79638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-79638?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.