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CVE-2018-6445

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6445 is a critical vulnerability in Brocade Network Advisor versions prior to 14.0.3, as well as NetApp-branded versions of the same product. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to export the user database, which contains encrypted passwords. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high confidentiality impact, potentially leading to full system compromise after password decryption. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:brocade:network_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:brocade_network_advisor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190411-0005
Third Party Advisory
support.lenovo.com / us/en/product_security/LEN-25655
broadcom.com / support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-745
Vendor Advisory