Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-79641 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-79641 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-79641?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 9 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance prior to 5.36.00.16; Dell Secure Connect Gateway Application prior to 5.36.00.00.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-79641?
- 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-2026-79641 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-79641?
- Check whether you run Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance or Dell Secure Connect Gateway Application 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
The vulnerability is an OS command injection (CWE-78) in Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, stemming from improper neutralization of special characters in user-controlled input passed to OS commands. A low-privileged authenticated or remote attacker can exploit this by crafting malicious input containing shell metacharacters to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the vulnerable application process. The attack vector is network-based with low complexity. Patches are available in SCG 5.0 version 5.36.00.16 (Appliance) and 5.36.00.00 (Application).
Affected products
- Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance prior to 5.36.00.16
- Dell Secure Connect Gateway Application prior to 5.36.00.00
Timeline
- 2026-09-09: disclosed