# CVE-2023-31925: Storage of clear text password in Brocade SANnav

> Privileged users can retrieve plaintext SNMPv3 credentials from log files after specific configuration failures in Brocade SANnav.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 31 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4x99-8pj6-g63h

## What is CVE-2023-31925?

CVE-2023-31925 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Brocade Sannav, published on 31 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Brocade
 SANnav before v2.3.0 and v2.2.2a stores SNMPv3 Authentication passwords
 in plaintext. A privileged user could retrieve these credentials with 
knowledge and access to these log files. SNMP 
credentials could be seen in SANnav SupportSave if the capture is 
performed after an SNMP configuration failure causes an SNMP 
communication log dump.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Broadcom Brocade Sannav.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-31925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-31925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Broadcom Brocade Sannav

- [CVE-2019-16211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16211/): Hardcoded credentials in Brocade SANnav (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-3596](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3596/): RADIUS Protocol under RFC2865 is vulnerable to forgery attacks. (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2019-16212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16212/): A vulnerability in Brocade SANnav versions before v2.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to conduct an LDAP injection. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-16205](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16205/): Weak cryptography in Brocade SANnav (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-2240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2240/): Docker implementation in Brocade SANnav is missing Audit Rules. (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-31925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-31925 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Brocade Sannav, published on 31 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Broadcom 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-2023-31925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-31925

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31925/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.