CVE-2026-78024 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-78024
Vulnerability Scoring

7.7
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2026-78024 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: High
    High-level privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2026-78024 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕟 13 Oct 2026, 16:38 UTC
Originally published on: 🕙 09 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 4 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

security_alert@emc.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2026-78024 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-78024: Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure, Protection mechanism bypass, Server-side request forgery, and Unauthorized access.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-78024

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-78024 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-78024

The exploitability of CVE-2026-78024 is influenced by multiple factors. Security teams should analyze system configurations and apply appropriate countermeasures to mitigate threats.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-78024, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-78024, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2026-78024 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2026-78024 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2026-78024 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2026-78024 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-918

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-664 An adversary exploits improper input validation by submitting maliciously crafted input to a target application running on a server, with the goal of forcing the server to make a request either to itself, to web services running in the server’s internal network, or to external third parties. If successful, the adversary’s request will be made with the server’s privilege level, bypassing its authentication controls. This ultimately allows the adversary to access sensitive data, execute commands on the server’s network, and make external requests with the stolen identity of the server. Server Side Request Forgery attacks differ from Cross Site Request Forgery attacks in that they target the server itself, whereas CSRF attacks exploit an insecure user authentication mechanism to perform unauthorized actions on the user's behalf.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.00.05.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.00.05.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.10.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.10.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.10.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.10.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.12.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.12.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.12.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.12.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.14.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.14.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.14.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.14.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.14.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.14.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.16.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.16.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.18.00.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.18.00.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.20.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.20.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.22.00.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.22.00.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.22.00.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.22.00.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.24.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.24.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.26.00.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.26.00.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.28.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.28.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.30.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.30.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.32.00.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.32.00.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.34.00.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dell:policy_manager_for_secure_connect_gateway:5.34.00.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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