Brocade SANnav before SANnav 2.2.0 application uses the Blowfish symmetric encryption algorithm for the storage of passwords.

published 2022-05-06 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-32618

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits: 0; none known

Brocade SANnav before SANnav 2.2.0 application uses the Blowfish symmetric encryption algorithm for the storage of passwords. This could allow an authenticated attacker to decrypt stored account passwords.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

broadcom sannav 2.2.0

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Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Brocade SANNav

Classification

Weakness

CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

broadcom.com /support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2022-1843
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-28164
NVD CVE-2022-28164

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