Brocade Fabric OS up to 8.x Radius Authentication System improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brocade Fabric OS up to 8.x. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Radius Authentication System. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-33178. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brocade Fabric OS up to 8.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Radius Authentication System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the radius authentication system of Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the Brocade switch.

The weakness was shared 10/26/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at broadcom.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-33178 since 06/13/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Fabric OS 9.0

Timelineinfo

06/13/2022 🔍
10/26/2022 +135 days 🔍
10/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/08/2025 +924 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-33178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-33178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-212219

Entryinfo

Created: 10/26/2022 07:38
Updated: 05/08/2025 01:48
Changes: 10/26/2022 07:38 (40), 11/25/2022 08:34 (12), 05/08/2025 01:48 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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