Brocade SANnav up to 3.0.0 Zone Alias Import Flow path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Brocade SANnav. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Zone Alias Import Flow. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-5049. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Brocade SANnav. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Zone Alias Import Flow. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A path traversal vulnerability affects the The Zone Alias Import flow feature in Brocade SANnav before 3.0.0a. A local authenticated attacker can write an uploaded content outside the intended directory.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-5049 since 03/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/08/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.0.0a eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Brocade

Name

• SANnav

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1.0
• 2.1.0a
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.1.8
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.0.2
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.2a
• 2.3.0
• 2.3.0a
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.1b
• 2.4.0a
• 2.4.0b
• 3.0
• 3.0.0

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• commercial

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