# CVE-2024-24903: Auth bypass in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager

> An attacker can bypass password recovery controls to take over accounts in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jgh6-gfm4-cj58

## What is CVE-2024-24903?

CVE-2024-24903 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, published on 1 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, version 5.10+, contain a weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten passwords. An adjacent network low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to the application with privileges of the compromised account. The attacker could retrieve the reset password token without authorization and then perform the password change.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24903?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Policy Manager for Secure Connect Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-24903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-24903 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-24903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager

- [CVE-2022-34462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34462/): Hardcoded credentials in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2022-34440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34440/): Hardcoded credentials in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2022-34442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34442/): Hardcoded credentials in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2022-34441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34441/): Hardcoded credentials in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-73598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73598/): Privilege escalation in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-24903 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-24903 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, published on 1 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager. 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-2024-24903/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24903/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24903
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24903
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24903

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24903/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.