# CVE-2024-22458: Weak cryptography in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance - SRS

> An unauthenticated attacker can recover plaintext from ciphertext due to inadequate encryption strength in Dell Secure Connect Gateway.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-46qq-mhv2-3c5f

## What is CVE-2024-22458?

CVE-2024-22458 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway, published on 1 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell Secure Connect Gateway, 5.18, contains an Inadequate Encryption Strength Vulnerability. An unauthenticated network attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, allowing an attacker to recover plaintext from a block of ciphertext.

Weakness: CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22458?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Secure Connect Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22458?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Secure Connect Gateway

- [CVE-2026-80172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80172/): Auth bypass in Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-61410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61410/): Missing authorization in Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-80238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80238/): Privilege escalation in Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-78491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78491/): Security feature bypass in Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2026-79645](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-79645/): Missing authorization in Secure Connect Gateway 5.0 - Appliance (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22458 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22458 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway, published on 1 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Secure Connect Gateway. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22458/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22458/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22458
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22458
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22458

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22458/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.