Base64 Password Encoding Vulnerability in Brocade SANnav Products
CVE-2022-28168

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Broadcom
Status
Brocade Sannav
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 June 2022

What is CVE-2022-28168?

Brocade SANnav prior to v2.2.0.2 and v2.1.1.8 suffers from a vulnerability where encoded passwords for the SCP server are stored using Base64 encoding. This flawed encoding mechanism can allow attackers with access to log files to easily decode and retrieve sensitive passwords, posing a serious security risk to network environments relying on Brocade technology.

Affected Version(s)

Brocade SANnav versions before v2.2.0.2 and v2.1.1.8

References

https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking...
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220627-0003/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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