Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-79728 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-79728 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-79728?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, 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-2026-79728?
- 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-2026-79728 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-79728?
- 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 a relative path traversal flaw in Dell SCG 5.0 versions prior to 5.36.00.16 (Appliance) and 5.36.00.00 (Application). An unauthenticated attacker can craft requests using path traversal sequences (e.g., "../" or equivalent relative path manipulation) to access files outside the intended directory structure. No authentication is required; the attack is entirely network-reachable. Successful exploitation grants an attacker arbitrary filesystem read access, enabling them to retrieve sensitive files including credentials, configuration data, and other protected information. The vendor has released patches (5.36.00.16 for Appliance and 5.36.00.00 for 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: Vulnerability published via Dell DSA-2026-382