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CVE-2020-15383

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Running security scans against the SAN switch can cause config and secnotify processes within the firmware before Brocade Fabric OS v9.0.0, v8.2.2d and v8.2.1e to consume all memory leading to denial of service impacts possibly including a switch panic.

Affected products

• Brocade Fabric OS: before 8.2.1; 8.2.1, 8.2.1a, 8.2.1b, 8.2.1c, 8.2.1d, 8.2.2a1 (+2) — fixed in 8.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Brocade Fabric OS 8.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0002/
• https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2021-1496
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0002/
• https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2021-1496

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