CVE-2026-94586

Fabric OS: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CVE-2026-94586)

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in the WebTools administrative interface handling configuration download or file transfer operations of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1. An authenticated user with permissions to perform configuration downloads using remote server profiles can supply malicious parameter strings to execute arbitrary shell commands on the switch with root privileges

Affected products

The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

BroadcomFabric OS
< 10.0.1fixed in 10.0.1

Metrics

8.5
Source: cna-v4
68.5 %
High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
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Severity
high
no public PoC known
1.3 %
Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
Published
2026-10-08 04:22 UTC
CWE-78

Weakness classes (CWE)

  • CWE-78Base

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

    The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

    cwe.mitre.org →

References & sources

Reanalysis & status changes

Chronological NVD audit events for this CVE — reanalyses, CVSS updates, CPE diffs.

  1. CVE Modified2026-10-09 04:18 UTC· 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
    • SSVC: {"id":"CVE-2026-94586","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI…
    • SSVC: {"id":"CVE-2026-94586","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI…
  2. CVE Modified2026-10-08 18:18 UTC· 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
    • SSVC: {"id":"CVE-2026-94586","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI…
  3. New CVE Received2026-10-08 05:17 UTC· sirt@brocade.com
    • Description: A command injection vulnerability exists in the WebTools administrative interface handling configuration download or file transfer operations of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1. An authenticated user with permissions to perform configuration downloads using remote server profiles can supply malicious parameter strings to execute arbitrary shell commands on the switch with root privileges
    • CVSS V4.0: AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    • CWE: CWE-78
    • Affected: New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/94xxx/CVE-2026-94586.json">CVE-2026-94586</a>