{"id":"CVE-2018-6442","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6442","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:24:55.726Z","title":"A vulnerability in the Brocade Webtools firmware update section of Brocade Fabric OS before 8.2.1, 8.1.2f, 8.0.2f, 7.4.2d could allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands.","description":"A vulnerability in the Brocade Webtools firmware update section of Brocade Fabric OS before 8.2.1, 8.1.2f, 8.0.2f, 7.4.2d could allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands.","published":"2018-11-08T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"sirt@brocade.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["broadcom/fabric operating system"],"epss":{"score":0.0214,"percentile":0.8195,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-735","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"sirt@brocade.com"},{"url":"https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-735","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6442","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}