CVE-2026-73597: Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager CSRF vulnerability

CVE-2026-73597 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-09-29

Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager is a network security appliance used to manage remote access policies and connections. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can bypass authentication mechanisms and manipulate system policies, disclosure data, or trick users into phishing attacks, without requiring user interaction or special privileges.

Technologies: Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager. Vendors: Dell.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-73597 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-73597 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-73597?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 29 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager prior to 5.34.00.16.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-73597?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-73597 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-73597?
Check whether you run Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions against the Policy Manager interface by forcing authenticated administrators to execute malicious requests. The vulnerability affects versions prior to 5.34.00.16 and enables information disclosure, tampering, and protection mechanism bypass. Dell has released a patch in version 5.34.00.16 and later.

Affected products

  • Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager prior to 5.34.00.16

Timeline

  • 2026-09-29: disclosed

References

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