{"id":"CVE-2022-28169","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-28169","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:08:15.043Z","title":"Brocade Webtools in Brocade Fabric OS versions before Brocade Fabric OS versions v9.1.1, v9.0.1e, and v8.2.3c could allow a low privilege webtools, user, to gain elevated admin rights, or privileges, beyond what is intended or entitled for that user.","description":"Brocade Webtools in Brocade Fabric OS versions before Brocade Fabric OS versions v9.1.1, v9.0.1e, and v8.2.3c could allow a low privilege webtools, user, to gain elevated admin rights, or privileges, beyond what is intended or entitled for that user. By exploiting this vulnerability, a user whose role is not an admin can create a new user with an admin role using the operator session id. The issue was replicated after intercepting the admin, and operator authorization headers sent unencrypted and editing a user addition request to use the operator's authorization header.","published":"2022-10-25T21:15:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:38:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"sirt@brocade.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["broadcom/fabric operating system"],"epss":{"score":0.00846,"percentile":0.57786,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (0.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"sirt@brocade.com"},{"url":"https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2022-2075","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"sirt@brocade.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2022-2075","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28169","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."}