CVE-2026-78487

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-07. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

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
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 7, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 7, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

DSA-2026-382: Security Update for Dell Secure Connect Gateway Application and Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities | Dell India

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-virtual-edition-multiple-vulnerabilities?msockid=3021cac2195069ed3194ddad186a68f9

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78487(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 15× in last 7d / 32× 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. 2026-09-19 09:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 07:36 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 07:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-17 06:02 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-17 06:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-16 04:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-16 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-15 02:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-14 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-12 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-12 23:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-11 21:57 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-11 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-10 20:23 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-10 20:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-09 18:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-09 15:31 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-09 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-09 14:46 UTCEG score recompute
Show 7 more
  1. 2026-09-09 14:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-08 14:45 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-08 14:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-07 14:26 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-07 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-07 13:51 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78487?
CVE-2026-78487 is a medium vulnerability published on September 7, 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 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure.
When was CVE-2026-78487 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78487 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 7, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78487 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78487 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 99.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78487?
CVE-2026-78487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78487?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78487, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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