What is CVE-2022-28167?

CVE-2022-28167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Sannav, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-28167?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Broadcom Sannav

CVE-2022-28167

Brocade SANnav before Brocade SANvav v. 2.2.0.2 and Brocade SANanv v.2.1.1.8 logs the Brocade Fabric OS switch password in plain text in asyncjobscheduler-manager.log

Published 2022-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Broadcom Sannav
Brocade Sannav — versions versions before v2.2.0.2 and v2.1.1.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-s… (Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220627-0002/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28167?: CVE-2022-28167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Sannav, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-28167?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.