CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Summary

A vulnerability in the ascgshell, of Brocade ASCG before 3.3.0 stores any command executed in the Command Line Interface (CLI) in plain text within the command history. A local authenticated user that can access sensitive information like passwords within the CLI history leading to unauthorized access and potential data breaches.

Products Affected

• Brocade ASCG versions before 3.3.0

Products Not Affected

• Brocade Fabric OS
  [VEX Justification: Component_not_present]
• Brocade SANnav
  [VEX Justification: Component_not_present]

Solution

• Security update provided in Brocade ASCG 3.3.0

Credit

The issue was found during internal security testing

Revision History

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