CVE-2026-73596

LOWPre-NVD 3.83.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 3.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-09-29. A secondary CVSS source baseline 3.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
3.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 3.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges, Information tampering, Protection mechanism bypass, and Unauthorized access.

CVSS v3
3.8
EG Score
3.8LOWhigh confidence
EG Risk
17
EG Risk 17/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity38% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
6th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 29, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-73596(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 17× in last 7d / 17× 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. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 12:28 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-03 12:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-30 08:47 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-30 08:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-30 04:07 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-30 04:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-29 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-29 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-29 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-29 15:53 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-29 15:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-29 12:33 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-29 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-29 12:01 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-29 11:58 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-73596?
CVE-2026-73596 is a low vulnerability published on September 29, 2026. Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges,…
When was CVE-2026-73596 disclosed?
CVE-2026-73596 was first published on September 29, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-73596 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-73596 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (6th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-73596?
CVE-2026-73596 has a CVSS base score of 3.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-73596?
No fix for CVE-2026-73596 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-73596 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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