CVE-2024-29954 password management API prints sensitive information in log files

What is CVE-2024-29954?

CVE-2024-29954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 25 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability in a password management API in Brocade Fabric OS versions before v9.2.1, v9.2.0b, v9.1.1d, and v8.2.3e prints sensitive information in log files. This could allow an authenticated user to view the server passwords for protocols such as scp and sftp.

Detail. When the firmwaredownload command is incorrectly entered or points to an erroneous file, the firmware download log captures the failed command, including any password entered in the command line.

Weakness: CWE-532, CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29954?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Broadcom Fabric Operating System.

How do I fix CVE-2024-29954?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29954 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-29954 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29954 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-4j3p-3m7m-jgp4.