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CVE-2024-48016

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance - SRS, version(s) 5.24, contains a Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance - SRS, version(s) 5.24, contains a Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure. The attacker may be able to use exposed credentials to access the system with privileges of the compromised account.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.17% probability · 6th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-327
Affected
dell/secure connect gateway
Source
security_alert@emc.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.17%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.