# CVE-2026-85488: Hardcoded credentials in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway

> Local authenticated users can discover a hardcoded password in Brocade ASCG scripts to escalate privileges on OVA deployments with default settings.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97j3-qprw-gmrp

## What is CVE-2026-85488?

CVE-2026-85488 is a high-severity vulnerability in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway, published on 8 Oct 2026. 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

Brocade ASCG before 3.5.0 has a well-known Brocade default password embedded in a script distributed to every customer. Any local authenticated user with read access to the installation path can discover this credential and perform privilege escalation on affected Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) deployments, where default configuration settings remain in place.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85488?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Broadcom Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-85488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-85488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway

- [CVE-2026-85421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85421/): Missing authorization in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-85489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85489/): Missing authorization in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-85423](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85423/): A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0. (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-85486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85486/): Code injection in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-85487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85487/): Path traversal in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-85488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-85488 is a high-severity vulnerability in Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway, published on 8 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway. 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-2026-85488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-85488

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