High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-31425

Description

A vulnerability in the fosexec command of Brocade Fabric OS after Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.0 and, before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1 could allow a local authenticated user to perform privilege escalation to root by breaking the rbash shell. Starting with Fabric OS v9.1.0, “root” account access is disabled.

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Affected products

Broadcom Corporation/Fabric Operating System
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Brocade/Fabric OSllm-fuzzy2 versions
>9.1.0,<9.1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >9.1.0,<9.1.1
- (no CPE)range: after Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.0 and, before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1

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References

security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230908-0007/nvdThird Party Advisory
support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22407nvdVendor Advisory

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