CVE-2026-94577: CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting in Brocade Fabric OS
Description
CVE-2026-94577 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS affecting versions before 9.2.2d and from 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1. It involves the internal CLI authorization mechanism where an authenticated user or local process can bypass RBAC checks by manipulating the process execution environment, allowing elevation to root privileges.
CVSS v4.0
Score 7.3high
Affected software
Brocade
Fabric OS
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS arises from improper handling of CLI authorization, specifically in the RBAC validation process. Authenticated users or local processes able to alter the execution environment can bypass these checks, resulting in privilege escalation to root. The affected versions are those prior to 9.2.2d and versions 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker with authenticated access or local process control to escalate privileges to root, potentially compromising the entire system and its configuration. This could lead to unauthorized system control and configuration changes.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided in the available data. Until a patch is available, restrict authenticated user and local process access to trusted entities only.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- brocade
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-21T20:29:06.560Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ac71d2e2cdf04f656e1093c
Added to database: 10/08/2026, 04:33:50 UTC
Last enriched: 10/08/2026, 04:48:22 UTC
Last updated: 10/08/2026, 04:49:05 UTC
Views: 4
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