Running security scans against the SAN switch can cause config and secnotify processes within the firmware before Brocade Fabric OS v9.0.0,…

published 2021-06-09 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-7378

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

Running security scans against the SAN switch can cause config and secnotify processes within the firmware before Brocade Fabric OS v9.0.0, v8.2.2d and v8.2.1e to consume all memory leading to denial of service impacts possibly including a switch panic.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

broadcom fabric_operating_system 8.2.1

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Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

n/a Brocade Fabric OS

References

broadcom.com /support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2021-1496
vendor-advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20210819-0002/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-15383
NVD CVE-2020-15383

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