What is CVE-2022-28170?

CVE-2022-28170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-28170?

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

Vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System

CVE-2022-28170

Brocade Fabric OS Web Application services before Brocade Fabric v9.1.0, v9.0.1e, v8.2.3c, v7.4.2j store server and user passwords in the debug statements. This could allow a local user to extract the passwords from a debug file.

Published 2022-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Broadcom Fabric Operating System — versions 9.1.0
Brocade Fabric OS — versions Brocade Fabric OS versions before Brocade Fabric v9.1.0, v9.0.1e, v8.2.3c, v7.4.2j

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-922

References

www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-s… (Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0002/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28170?: CVE-2022-28170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, classified under CWE-922. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-28170?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.