Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Brocade Open Virtual Appliance

CVE-2026-85488

What is CVE-2026-85488?

A vulnerability exists in Brocade's Open Virtual Appliance due to the inclusion of a default password in a publicly accessible script. Local authenticated users with read access to the installation directory can easily identify this credential. If default configuration settings are not altered, this can lead to unauthorized privilege escalation on the affected deployments, potentially compromising the security of the system.

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