# CVE-2024-5461: Command or parameter injection via unique embedded switch SNMP commands.

> An authenticated attacker can inject commands via SNMP to execute arbitrary code as root on Brocade embedded switch blades.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m4cp-qj9v-7wpc

## What is CVE-2024-5461?

CVE-2024-5461 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 15 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Implementation of the Simple Network 
Management Protocol (SNMP) operating on the Brocade 6547 (FC5022) 
embedded switch blade, makes internal script calls to system.sh from 
within the SNMP binary. An authenticated attacker could perform command 
or parameter injection on SNMP operations that are only enabled on the 
Brocade 6547 (FC5022) embedded switch. This injection could allow the 
authenticated attacker to issue commands as Root.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5461?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Broadcom Fabric Operating System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5461?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5461 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5461 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5461 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-2024-5461 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5461 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 15 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5461 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-2024-5461/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5461/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5461
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5461
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5461

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5461/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.