CVE-2026-85488
Brocade ASCG before 3.5.0 has a well-known Brocade default password embedded in a script distributed to every…
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.
- Vendor
- broadcom
- Product
- brocade active support connectivity gateway
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 (high), scored by NVD (primary)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 4.0
- 7 (high), scored by sirt@brocade.comCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CWE
- CWE-798
- Published
- 2026-10-08
- NVD modified
- 2026-10-14
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Not in the CISA KEV catalogue at the last update.
EPSS
<0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 0th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
References
- support.broadcom.com (Vendor Advisory)
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.