CVE-2026-80171 is a vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Published on September 9, 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 Insufficient Entropy in PRNG vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-80171 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Insufficient Entropy
The software uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-80171
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Affected Versions
Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Application:- Before 5.36.00.00 or later is affected.
- Before 5.36.00.16 or later is affected.