What is CVE-2026-80131?

CVE-2026-80131 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-80131?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Dell Secure Connect Gateway

CVE-2026-80131

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 Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to remote execution.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2026-09-07 · last modified 2026-09-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-80131?: CVE-2026-80131 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-80131?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.