CVE-2026-79975

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to server-side request forgery.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 7, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 7, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

DSA-2026-382: Security Update for Dell Secure Connect Gateway Application and Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities | Dell India

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-virtual-edition-multiple-vulnerabilities?msockid=3021cac2195069ed3194ddad186a68f9

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79975(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-20 03:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 02:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-17 01:50 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-17 01:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-15 18:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-14 18:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-13 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-12 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-11 16:08 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-11 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-10 15:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-09 15:04 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-09 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-08 14:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-08 13:44 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-08 13:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-08 13:01 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-08 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-07 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-07 16:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-07 16:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79975?
CVE-2026-79975 is a medium vulnerability published on September 7, 2026. Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to server-side request forgery.
When was CVE-2026-79975 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79975 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 7, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79975 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79975 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 100.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79975?
CVE-2026-79975 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79975?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79975, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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