CVE-2018-6443
A vulnerability in Brocade Network Advisor Versions before 14.3.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the JBoss Administration interface of an affected system using an undocumented user credentials and install additional JEE…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
A vulnerability in Brocade Network Advisor Versions before 14.3.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the JBoss Administration interface of an affected system using an undocumented user credentials and install additional JEE applications. A remote unauthenticated user who has access to Network Advisor client libraries and able to decrypt the Jboss credentials could gain access to the Jboss web console.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.40% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 May 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- brocade/network advisor · netapp/brocade network advisor
- Source
- sirt@brocade.com
EPSS moved from 5.9% on 21 September 2026 to 7.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153035/Brocade-Network-Advisor-14.4.1-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-743Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153035/Brocade-Network-Advisor-14.4.1-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-743Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.