What is CVE-2026-79975?

CVE-2026-79975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-79975?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance

CVE-2026-79975

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 Certificate Validation vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to server-side request forgery.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security_alert@emc.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-79975?: CVE-2026-79975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-79975?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.