CVE-2026-94581 Command injection in Fabric OS

High 8.5 Published Updated

Authenticated high-privileged attackers can execute arbitrary system commands with root permissions via crafted SSH known host settings in Brocade Fabric OS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-94581?

CVE-2026-94581 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published on 8 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the REST API management interface of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1 allows an authenticated, high-privileged remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands with root permissions. An attacker with administrative privileges to configure SSH known host settings can supply specially crafted parameter values containing shell metacharacters to trigger command execution on the host system.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-94581?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Broadcom Fabric Operating System.

How do I fix CVE-2026-94581?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-94581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2026-94581 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-94581 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Broadcom Fabric Operating System vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rwc7-45pp-f64j.

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