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CVE-2024-7516· NVD / CVE Program· CNA brocade

Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.2 does not enforce strict host key checking

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2 could allow man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct remote Service Session Hijacking that may arise from the attacker's ability to forge an SSH key while the Brocade Fabric OS Switch is performing various remote operations initiated by a switch admin.

HighCVSS 7.0 · v4.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 12, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 15th percentile
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Action score

28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · brocade
7.0
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CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
broadcomfabric operating system

Affected versions

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

  • broadcom fabric operating systembefore 9.2.2

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 Fabric OS

    • before 9.2.2affected

Same product

broadcom: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-1976Code injection exposure in Fabric OS 9.1.0 through 9.1.1d6KEV
    64This week
  • CVE-2020-15373Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in REST API in Brocade Fabric OS versions v8.2.1 through v8.2.1d, and 8.2.2 versions before v8.2.2c
    40Plan
  • CVE-2023-3454Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS after v9.0 and before v9.2.0 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary cod
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-27797Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS v8.2.1c, v8.1.2h, and all versions of Brocade Fabric OS v8.0.x and v7.x contain documented hard-c
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2020-15374Rest API in Brocade Fabric OS v8.2.1 through v8.2.1d, and 8.2.2 versions before v8.2.2c is vulnerable to multiple instances of reflected inp
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2020-15371Brocade Fabric OS versions before Brocade Fabric OS v9.0.0, v8.2.2c, v8.2.1e, v8.1.2k, v8.2.0_CBN3, contains code injection and privilege es
    39Monitor

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

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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.

No nightly-computed relations.

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 on the same network segment can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-322 · Key Exchange without Entity Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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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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