CVE-2023-3489 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Info in Fabric OS

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive InfoCWE-820 — Missing Synchronization6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA8.6
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Brocade Fabric OSBroadcom Fabric Operating System
Timeline
PublishedAug 31
Latest updateDec 30

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5brocade/fabric_osBrocade Fabric OS v9.2.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
net: Fix load-tearing on sk->sk_stamp in sock_recv_cmsgs().↗2025-12-30
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GHSA
GHSA-qw3m-jfhw-49pg: The firmwaredownload command on Brocade Fabric OS v9↗2023-08-31
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CVEList
firmwaredownload command could log servers passwords in clear text↗2023-08-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
kernel: net: Fix load-tearing on sk->sk_stamp in sock_recv_cmsgs()↗2025-12-30
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