# CVE-2026-73586: Auth bypass in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager

> A low-privileged attacker with adjacent network access can exploit insufficient session expiration to bypass protections and escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-42rq-qj3r-p2vp

## What is CVE-2026-73586?

CVE-2026-73586 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, published on 23 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with adjacent network access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges, Protection mechanism bypass, and Unauthorized access.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73586?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Policy Manager for Secure Connect Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-73586?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-73586 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-73586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73586 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-2024-24903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24903/): Auth bypass in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager (high 8.0)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-73586 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-73586 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, published on 23 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73586 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-2026-73586/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73586/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73586
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73586
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73586

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73586/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.