High severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-94579
An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) session cleanup routines during SSH session termination on Brocade Fabric OS versions…
8.0
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) session cleanup routines during SSH session termination on Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1. An authenticated user authenticating via an external directory or AAA service whose username or profile identifier contains shell metacharacters can trigger arbitrary command execution with root privileges when their remote SSH session closes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fabric OS · Brocade
before 9.2.2d; 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1 · source: vendor
FO
Fabric Operating System · Broadcom
before 9.2.2d; 10.0.0 before 10.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94579
support.broadcom.com
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/39147
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