Insufficiently protected credentials in Brocade ASCG expose SANnav access
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway (ASCG) before 3.5.0 stores management credentials for onboarded SANnav instances in a way that is insufficiently protected. A local unauthorized user on the ASCG VM who can send a request to the SANnav host network namespace can extract these credentials. An attacker who obtains them can compromise connected Brocade SANnav servers or managed Brocade Fibre Channel switches. The flaw is tracked as CWE-522.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
In Brocade ASCG before 3.5.0, a local unauthorized user on the ASCG VM who can issue a request to the SANnav host network namespace can extract stored management credentials for onboarded SANnav instances and compromise connected Brocade SANnav servers or managed Brocade Fibre Channel switches.
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 Active Support Connectivity Gateway to version 3.5.0 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway (Brocade) Fixed in 3.5.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway 3.5.0
12 records Highest priority Priority LOW 12 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-69450 Missing authentication in Brocade ASCG management servicePriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-69448 Path traversal in Brocade ASCG HTTP service allows arbitrary file accessPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-69447 Eval injection in Brocade Active Support Connectivity GatewayPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-87428
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-15 Alias added: GHSA-q55c-8wc9-gmhv
- 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-2026-87428 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-87428 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q55c-8wc9-gmhv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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