Brocade Fabric OS lets corrupted config block web interface startup
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1 are affected. The software accepts Apache configuration file data directly during service setup or re-initialization without neutralizing CRLF sequences (CWE-93). An adjacent attacker with high privileges who corrupts the configuration structure can stop the web management service from starting or recovering, causing a persistent denial of service of the administrative web interface.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1 directly accepts Apache configuration file data during service setup or re-initialization. An attacker capable of corrupting the configuration structure will prevent the web management service from starting or recovering during service bring-up, leading to a persistent Denial of Service (DoS) of the administrative web interface.
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 Fabric OS to version 9.2.2d. The sources list no fixed version for Brocade Fabric OS 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Fabric OS (Brocade) Fixed in 9.2.2d
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Brocade Fabric OS 9.2.2d
21 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 18 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-69357 OS command injection in Brocade Fabric OS time zone managementPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-69483 Command injection in Brocade Fabric OS WebTools interfacePriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-69481 OS command injection in Brocade Fabric OS REST API interfacePriority MEDIUM 42
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-87661
- 2026-10-08 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-08 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-15 Alias added: GHSA-mxfh-hfg3-4hfp
- 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-2026-87661 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-87661 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mxfh-hfg3-4hfp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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