# CVE-2025-9711: Privilege escalation in Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1c3, and 9.2.2 though 9.2.2b

> Local authenticated users can escalate privileges to root via export options in seccertmgmt and seccryptocfg commands.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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:** 3 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j8ph-9c6m-2f5w

## What is CVE-2025-9711?

CVE-2025-9711 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 3 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS before 9.2.1c3 could allow elevating the privileges of the local authenticated user to “root” using the export option of seccertmgmt and seccryptocfg commands.

Weakness: CWE-272 (Least Privilege Violation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9711?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Broadcom Fabric Operating System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-9711?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9711 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9711 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9711 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-2025-9711 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9711 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 3 Feb 2026. 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-2025-9711 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-2025-9711/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9711/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9711
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9711
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9711

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9711/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.