Medium severity · published Sep 25, 2020
CVE-2018-6449
Host Header Injection vulnerability in the http management interface in Brocade Fabric OS versions before v9.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to exploit this vulnerability by…
6.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Host Header Injection vulnerability in the http management interface in Brocade Fabric OS versions before v9.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary HTTP headers
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fabric Operating System · Broadcom
before 9.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6449
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6449
Vendor Advisory
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2020-1077
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