Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-80131 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-80131 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-80131?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.4, published 7 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-2026-80131?
- 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-2026-80131 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-80131?
- 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 path traversal (CWE-22) in Dell SCG that improperly validates pathname restrictions, allowing directory traversal attacks. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the appliance or application can craft requests with path traversal sequences (e.g., "../" patterns) to access files outside the restricted directory. This can enable reading sensitive configuration files or writing malicious files to locations executable by the application process, achieving remote code execution without authentication. Patches are available in Dell SCG 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
- 2026-09-07: disclosed