# CVE-2023-5973: Truncated port name

> An authenticated user can alter the Brocade Switch UI display by exploiting improper handling of reserved characters in port names.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 5 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mq9r-62m5-pjc2

## What is CVE-2023-5973?

CVE-2023-5973 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 5 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Brocade
 Web Interface in Brocade Fabric OS v9.x and before v9.2.0 does not 
properly represent the portName to the user if the portName contains 
reserved characters. This could allow an authenticated user to alter the
 UI of the Brocade Switch and change ports display.

Weakness: CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5973?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Broadcom Fabric Operating System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5973?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Broadcom Fabric Operating System

- [CVE-2025-1976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1976/): Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS Code Injection (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-22555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22555/): Linux Kernel Heap Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-33186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33186/): Command injection in Brocade Fabric OS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27797/): Hardcoded credentials in Brocade Fabric OS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-15371](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15371/): Code injection in Brocade Fabric OS (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5973 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5973 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 5 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Broadcom Fabric Operating System. 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-2023-5973/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5973/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5973
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5973
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5973

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5973/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.