CVE-2026-5769

A vulnerability in Brocade SANnav before 3.0.1 can have the Brocade Fabric OS switch admin password captured in plaintext within a memory swap file on the server hosting the Brocade SANnav Virtual Machine (VM). This can happen when the SANnav server encounters an Out Of Memory (OOM) condition. The vulnerability could allow an authenticated admin user with access to the server hosting the SANnav to potentially view the memory swap file and access the password(s).

CVSS v3 4.1 MEDIUM

4.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37934	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brocade_sannav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Oct 2026, 19:05

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.1
References	~~() https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37934 -~~	() https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37934 - Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brocade_sannav::::::::
First Time		Broadcom Broadcom brocade Sannav

08 Oct 2026, 06:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-08 06:16

Updated : 2026-10-14 19:05

NVD link : CVE-2026-5769

Mitre link : CVE-2026-5769

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5769

JSON object : View

Products Affected

broadcom

brocade_sannav

CWE

CWE-313

Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk

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