An authentication bypass and command injection vulnerability exists in the inter-switch remote execution service of Brocade Fabric OS versions before…
An authentication bypass and command injection vulnerability exists in the inter-switch remote execution service of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1. When processing remote command execution IPC frames across the fabric, the receiving switch processes these commands at an elevated processing level without proper verification of transmitted parameters. This allows an attacker on a single fabric-connected switch to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary root commands locally or across other managed fabric members where remote execution functionality is enab
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- VMware (Broadcom)
- Product
- Brocade
- Exposure class
- Edge / VPN / firewall
Why it ranks 18 (Routine)
- Exposed product class: edge / VPN / firewall
- Widely deployed vendor product (VMware (Broadcom))
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-87663 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia