📄 Description (English)
A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to access insecurely stored file contents including the history command.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
A high-severity vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS (CVE-2026-0383) allows authenticated local attackers with shell access to retrieve sensitive information from insecurely stored files and command history. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this poses significant risk to organizations managing SAN infrastructure. Immediate patching is recommended for all affected Fabric OS versions, particularly in critical data center environments.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 28, 2026 07:50
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability primarily impacts Saudi banking institutions (SAMA-regulated banks), government data centers (NCA oversight), and large enterprises managing critical SAN infrastructure. Saudi Aramco and other energy sector organizations using Brocade switches for storage networking are at elevated risk. Telecom operators (STC, Mobily) managing carrier-grade infrastructure may also be affected. The exposure of command history and sensitive file contents could lead to credential compromise, lateral movement, and unauthorized access to critical business data.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services
Government and Public Sector
Energy and Utilities
Telecommunications
Healthcare
Large Enterprises with SAN Infrastructure
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
7.8
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
- Identify all Brocade Fabric OS deployments in your environment
- Restrict local shell access to Fabric OS systems to authorized personnel only
- Review access logs for unauthorized shell access attempts
- Implement network segmentation to limit access to Fabric OS management interfaces
2. PATCHING GUIDANCE:
- Apply the latest Fabric OS security patches from Broadcom immediately
- Test patches in non-production environments first
- Schedule maintenance windows for production systems
- Verify patch application with: 'version' command in Fabric OS CLI
3. COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patching delayed):
- Disable Bash shell access where not operationally required
- Implement strict RBAC limiting shell privileges
- Monitor and audit all shell access attempts via syslog
- Clear command history regularly: 'history -c'
- Encrypt sensitive configuration files at rest
4. DETECTION RULES:
- Alert on any Bash shell access to Fabric OS systems
- Monitor for 'history' command execution
- Track file access to /etc, /root, and configuration directories
- Log all privilege escalation attempts
- Implement IDS signatures for unauthorized shell spawning
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. الإجراءات الفورية:
- تحديد جميع نشرات Brocade Fabric OS في بيئتك
- تقييد الوصول إلى shell المحلي لأنظمة Fabric OS للموظفين المصرحين فقط
- مراجعة سجلات الوصول لمحاولات الوصول غير المصرح بها
- تنفيذ تقسيم الشبكة لتحديد الوصول إلى واجهات إدارة Fabric OS
2. إرشادات التصحيح:
- تطبيق أحدث تصحيحات أمان Fabric OS من Broadcom فورًا
- اختبار التصحيحات في بيئات غير الإنتاج أولاً
- جدولة نوافذ الصيانة لأنظمة الإنتاج
- التحقق من تطبيق التصحيح باستخدام أمر 'version' في CLI
3. الضوابط البديلة (إذا تأخر التصحيح):
- تعطيل وصول Bash shell حيث لا يكون مطلوبًا تشغيليًا
- تنفيذ RBAC صارم يحد من امتيازات shell
- مراقبة وتدقيق جميع محاولات الوصول إلى shell عبر syslog
- مسح سجل الأوامر بانتظام
- تشفير الملفات الحساسة في الراحة
4. قواعد الكشف:
- تنبيه عند أي وصول Bash shell لأنظمة Fabric OS
- مراقبة تنفيذ أمر 'history'
- تتبع الوصول إلى الملفات في المجلدات الحساسة
- تسجيل جميع محاولات تصعيد الامتيازات
- تنفيذ توقيعات IDS لـ shell spawning غير المصرح
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 - 5.1.1: Access Control and Authentication
ECC 2024 - 5.2.2: Privileged Access Management
ECC 2024 - 5.3.1: Audit and Accountability
ECC 2024 - 6.1.1: System Hardening
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF - ID.AM-1: Asset Management
SAMA CSF - PR.AC-1: Access Control
SAMA CSF - PR.AC-4: Access Rights Management
SAMA CSF - DE.AE-1: Audit and Accountability
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 - A.5.15: Access Control
ISO 27001:2022 - A.5.16: Authentication
ISO 27001:2022 - A.5.17: Access Rights
ISO 27001:2022 - A.8.2: Privileged Access Rights
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 3.2.1: Strong Cryptography for Authentication
PCI DSS 7.1: Limit Access to System Components
PCI DSS 8.1: Assign Unique ID to Each User
📦 Affected Products / CPE 3 entries
broadcom:fabric_operating_system
broadcom:fabric_operating_system
broadcom:fabric_operating_system:10.0.0