CVE-2019-16204 Information disclosure in Brocade Fabric OS

What is CVE-2019-16204?

CVE-2019-16204 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 5 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Brocade Fabric OS Versions before v7.4.2f, v8.2.2a, v8.1.2j and v8.2.1d could expose external passwords, common secrets or authentication keys used between the switch and an external server.

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16204?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Broadcom Fabric Operating System.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16204?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16204 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-16204 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16204 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Broadcom Fabric Operating System

• CVE-2025-1976 Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS Code Injection Exploited High 8.6
• CVE-2021-22555 Linux Kernel Heap Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.3
• CVE-2022-33186 Command injection in Brocade Fabric OS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27797 Hardcoded credentials in Brocade Fabric OS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-15371 Code injection in Brocade Fabric OS Critical 9.8

All Broadcom Fabric Operating System vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hv33-rwqm-j3fw.