Stack-based buffer overflow in Brocade Fabric OS SNMP daemon
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1 are affected. The SNMP daemon's statistics gathering handler for SNMPv3 packets copies user-supplied context name data into a fixed-size stack buffer without checking its length (CWE-121). A remote, unauthenticated attacker under default configuration can corrupt memory, crashing the daemon for denial of service or possibly executing arbitrary code.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the SNMP daemon request handling of Brocade Fabric versions before 10.0.1. When processing an incoming SNMPv3 packet, an internal statistics gathering handler copies user-supplied context name data into a fixed-size buffer without properly validating the length of the string. A remote, unauthenticated attacker (under default configuration) can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted SNMPv3 packet, leading to memory corruption, daemon crash (Denial of Service), or potential arbitrary code execution.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Brocade Fabric OS to 10.0.1, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Fabric OS (Brocade) Fixed in 10.0.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Brocade Fabric OS 10.0.1
22 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 18 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-69336 OS command injection in Brocade Fabric OS management interfacePriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-69334 Command injection in Brocade Fabric OS REST API management interfacePriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-69337 Stack-based buffer overflows in Brocade Fabric OS REST APIPriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-87684
- 2026-10-08 Alias added: GHSA-jhmq-9587-7vfc
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-14 CVSS score added · NVD
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More Brocade vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01721 Code injection exposure in Fabric OS 9.1.0 through 9.1.1d6 KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2016-06760 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-19729 hard-coded credentials in the documentation that appear as the appliance root password CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06762 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-04739 OS command injection in Brocade Network Advisor CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06761 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-87684 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-87684 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jhmq-9587-7vfc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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