CVE-2024-5460: Brocade Fabric OS versions prior to v9.0 have default community strings

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

A vulnerability in the default configuration of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Brocade Fabric OS versions before v9.0.0 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read data from an affected device via SNMP. The vulnerability is due to hard-coded, default community string in the configuration file for the SNMP daemon. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static community string in SNMP version 1 queries to an affected device.

Affected products

Brocade Fabric OS: before 9.0.0 — fixed in 9.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Brocade Fabric OS 9.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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