# CVE-2022-28167: Information disclosure in Brocade SANnav

> Brocade SANnav logs Fabric OS switch passwords in plain text, allowing attackers with log access to steal credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2c9f-95gh-crpj

## What is CVE-2022-28167?

CVE-2022-28167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brocade SANnav, published on 27 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Brocade SANnav before Brocade SANvav v. 2.2.0.2 and Brocade SANanv v.2.1.1.8 logs the Brocade Fabric OS switch password in plain text in asyncjobscheduler-manager.log

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28167?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Broadcom Sannav.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-28167?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28167 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-28167 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Brocade SANnav

- [CVE-2022-2068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2068/): The c_rehash script allows command injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28163/): SQL injection in Brocade SANNav (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-15377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15377/): Server-side request forgery in Brocade SANnav (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28165](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28165/): Missing authorization in Brocade SANNav (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-12772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12772/): Plaintext Switch admin login password is seen in Brocade SANnav support save (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-28167 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-28167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brocade SANnav, published on 27 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Brocade SANnav. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28167/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28167/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28167
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28167
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-28167

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28167/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.