Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-80133 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-80133 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-80133?
- 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-2026-80133?
- A patch was published on 2026-09-07: Patches available: SCG Appliance 5.36.00.16 and later, SCG Application 5.36.00.00 and later Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-80133 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-80133?
- 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 that permits an unauthenticated attacker with network access to traverse directory structures and access files outside intended boundaries. The vulnerability class is CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal). Since the advisory notes that exploitation could lead to remote execution and the attack requires no authentication or user interaction, the attack vector is network-based. An attacker can exploit this by crafting malicious requests with path traversal sequences (e.g., ../ patterns) to access sensitive configuration files, credentials, or executable code. Dell has released patches in versions 5.36.00.16 (Appliance) and 5.36.00.00 (Application) to remediate this issue.
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: CVE-2026-80133 disclosed; Dell advisory DSA-2026-382 published
- 2026-09-07: patched: Patches available: SCG Appliance 5.36.00.16 and later, SCG Application 5.36.00.00 and later