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FKIE_CVE-2023-3489

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-31 00:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:14

Severity

8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

The firmwaredownload command on Brocade Fabric OS v9.2.0 could log the FTP/SFTP/SCP server password in clear text in the SupportSave file when performing a downgrade from Fabric OS v9.2.0 to any earlier version of Fabric OS.

References

URL	Tags
sirt@brocade.com	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0003/
sirt@brocade.com	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22510	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0003/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22510	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	broadcom	fabric_operating_system	9.2.0

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CVE-2023-3489 (GCVE-0-2023-3489)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 23:56 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:55

Title

firmwaredownload command could log servers passwords in clear text

Summary

Severity

8.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-01 18:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Assigner

brocade mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-cont…
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023112…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Brocade	Fabric OS	Affected: Brocade Fabric OS v9.2.0

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Sightings

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