Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway up to 3.4.x hard-coded credentials

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8.4$0-$5k1.55+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway up to 3.4.x and classified as very critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-85488. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway up to 3.4.x. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Brocade ASCG before 3.5.0 has a well-known Brocade default password embedded in a script distributed to every customer. Any local authenticated user with read access to the installation path can discover this credential and perform privilege escalation on affected Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) deployments, where default configuration settings remain in place.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-85488 since 09/03/2026. The exploitability is told 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 T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-94791). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Active Support Connectivity Gateway 3.5.0

Timelineinfo

09/03/2026 CVE reserved
10/08/2026 +35 days Advisory disclosed
10/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-85488 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-85488
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-415299
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2026 09:01
Updated: 10/08/2026 10:43
Changes: 10/08/2026 09:01 (65), 10/08/2026 10:43 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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