Path traversal in Brocade Fabric OS REST API lets users delete files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1 contain a path traversal flaw in the REST API management interface that handles USB storage operations. An authenticated user with USB management privileges can manipulate requested target paths to delete arbitrary files or directories on the switch's local root filesystem, outside the intended USB mount point. The attacker needs valid credentials and USB management privileges, and the attack is reachable over an adjacent network.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
An arbitrary file and directory deletion vulnerability exists in the REST API management interface handling USB storage operations on Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1. An authenticated user possessing USB management privileges can manipulate requested target paths to delete arbitrary files or directories on the switch's local root filesystem, bypassing intended USB mount point boundaries.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 version 10.0.1 or later, which fixes the issue.
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-2026-69348 Stack-based buffer overflow in Brocade Fabric OS SNMP daemonPriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94580
- 2026-10-08 Alias added: GHSA-h3q5-w97j-6289
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-15 CVSS score added · NVD
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-2026-94580 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94580 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h3q5-w97j-6289 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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