CVE-2025-1976: Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS Code Injection Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 28 Apr 2025, 4 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

0.7%

EPSS score, percentile 52.7 of all scored records

How severe?

8.6 High

CVSS v4.0 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA deadline 19 May 2025. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• Fabric OS versions 9.1.0 through 9.1.1d6

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 19 May 2025.

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25602
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1976

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS contains a code injection vulnerability that allows a local user with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code with full root privileges.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2025-1976 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 28 Apr 2025.
• CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 19 May 2025.
• The CVE record was published on 24 Apr 2025, 4 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.6 (High), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.7% (percentile 52.7), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

Code injection exposure in Fabric OS 9.1.0 through 9.1.1d6

Brocade Fabric OS versions starting with 9.1.0 have root access removed, however, a local user with admin privilege can potentially execute arbitrary code with full root privileges on Fabric OS versions 9.1.0 through 9.1.1d6.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

• CAPEC-242: Code Injection

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

References

• support.broadcom.com

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