{"id":"CVE-2026-85488","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-85488","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:46:22.484Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2026-10-08T07:16:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-14T18:49:09.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"sirt@brocade.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["broadcom/brocade active support connectivity gateway"],"epss":{"score":0.00093,"percentile":0.00549,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-08","score":0.00091,"percentile":0.00467}]},"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 (0.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-08T07:16:33.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.0","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T07:16:32.590Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.0)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38384","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"sirt@brocade.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85488","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."}