MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-85488 (CVSS 7.0)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 8, 2026Risk 23/100

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.

Technical details

CVSS

7.0

AV:LocalAC:LowPR:LowUI:Passive

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