Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-79643

Published
07 September 2026
Modified
08 September 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 7.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0026 17th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2026-79643 is a high-severity Use of Incorrect Operator (CWE-480) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 17th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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 Incorrect Operator vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access.

CWE(s)
CWE-480

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-15043Shared CWE-480
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CVE-2026-63421Shared CWE-480
CVE-2024-35190Shared CWE-480
CVE-2026-4748Shared CWE-480

Affected Assets

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Appliance
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation will surface logic errors caused by an incorrect operator during code review or test execution.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices (reviews, static analysis, testing) directly catch incorrect-operator bugs while the weakness is only one narrow class of coding defect the control addresses.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing and code review can catch operator errors before release.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards and peer review directly prevent accidental use of incorrect operators.

A.8.32 Change management partial match
prevents

Change management processes may include code review gates that incidentally catch operator mistakes.

References