CVE-2024-5462 Brocade Fabric OS may capture SNMP Passwords in clear text

What is CVE-2024-5462?

CVE-2024-5462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 14 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

If Brocade Fabric OS before Fabric OS 9.2.0 configuration settings are not set to encrypt SNMP passwords, then the SNMP privsecret / authsecret fields can be exposed in plaintext. The plaintext passwords can be exposed in a configupload capture or a supportsave capture if encryption of passwords is not enabled. An attacker can use these passwords to fetch values of the supported OIDs via SNMPv3 queries. There are also a limited number of MIB objects that can be modified.

Weakness: CWE-319

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5462?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Broadcom Fabric Operating System.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5462?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5462 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-5462 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5462 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-62m6-f67r-3r6p.