Insecure sannav access using undocumented Brocade SANnav user "sannav" (no CVE)

Brocade SANnav

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23285

29 April 2024

25 April 2024

OPEN

LOW

Brocade Security Advisory ID

BSA-2024-2576

Component

OVA Linux

 

 

Summary

An external researcher made a claim that an undocumented "sannav" user with a default password existed in Brocade SANnav OVA v2.1.1

 

Brocade Response

The "sannav" user is documented in the Brocade® SANnav™ Management Portal Installation and Migration Guide, 2.1.1x

https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/SANnav-211x-Install-IG

Note: The user "sannav" was removed in Brocade SANnav v2.2.0 and all later versions, and is thus no longer documented in the latest manuals.

 

Revision History

Version

Change

Date

1.0

Initial Publication

4/24/2024

2.0

Updated with Brocade response, showing that the "sannav" user was documented in v2.1.1 manuals, and then later removed from SANnav and the manuals starting with v2.2.0

4/29/2024

 

 

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