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CVE-2022-43935· NVD / CVE Program· CNA brocade

Switch passwords and authorization IDs are printed in the embedded MLS DB file

An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists in Brocade SANnav before Brocade SANnav 2.2.2, where Brocade Fabric OS Switch passwords and authorization IDs are printed in the embedded MLS DB file.

MediumCVSS 4.4 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 11th percentile
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Action score

17

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
4.4
CNA · brocade
5.3
0.9 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
broadcombrocade sannav

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • broadcom brocade sannavbefore 2.2.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (brocade). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Brocade SANnav

    • before Brocade SANnav 2.2.2not affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-4173SANnav versions exposes Kafka in the wan interface.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-29966hard-coded credentials in the documentation that appear as the appliance root password
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-31424Web authentication and authorization bypass
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2019-16211Brocade SANnav versions before v2.1.0, contain a Plaintext Password Storage vulnerability.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2019-16212A vulnerability in Brocade SANnav versions before v2.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to conduct an LDAP injection.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2019-16205A vulnerability, in Brocade SANnav versions before v2.0, could allow remote attackers to brute-force a valid session ID.
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-105385 days apartBrocade SANnav encryption key is logged in the debug logs
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-29959216 days apartBrocade Fabric OS switch encrypted passwords in the Brocade SANnav Standby node's support save
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-29957216 days apartEncryption key is stored in the DR log files
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2024-29958216 days apartEncryption key in the console when a privileged user executes the script to replace the Brocade SANnav Management Portal standby node.
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2025-6392231 days apartDaily Data Dump Collector logs database password in cleartext when running docker exec commands (CVE-2025-6392)
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2022-439370 days apartBrocade SANnav Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    22Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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