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Dell TechnologiesCVE-2026-80238

Dell Technologies Secure Connect Gateway 5.0: excessive privileges

Dell Technologies

CVE-2026-80238 · Published Sep 7, 2026 · updated Sep 11, 2026

Critical9.3
Fix: upgrade to - Application 5.36.00.00 or later or later (2 fixed versions below)
Dell Technologies advisory

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 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass. This vulnerability is considered critical because a low-privileged operator with SSH access to the SCG host can gain root-level access to the host without requiring a password by leveraging the exposed Docker socket. Additionally, an attacker who compromises a service running within the orchestrator container can access the same socket and escape the container boundary to obtain host-level control. Dell recommends that customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance
Product
< 5.36.00.16 or later5.36.00.16 or later
Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Application
Product
< 5.36.00.00 or later5.36.00.00 or later
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