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CVE-2026-85488

Status: Undergoing AnalysisHigh (7)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vector CVSS con UI:R (interacción requerida: abrir/leer script) y AV:L (acceso local autenticado). CWE-798 (credenciales hardcodeadas). Impacto: descubrimiento de credenciales default (T1078.001) que permite escalada de privilegios (T1068) en OVA.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Isolation and SandboxingExploit ProtectionUpdate SoftwareThreat Intelligence ProgramPassword PoliciesMulti-factor Authentication

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Brocade — AscgAI

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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