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CVE-2018-6440

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6440 is a critical vulnerability affecting the proxy service in various versions of Brocade Fabric OS (before 8.2.1, 8.1.2f, 8.0.2f, 7.4.2d). This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain sensitive information and potentially trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.4.2, < 7.4.2dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.2, < 8.0.2fCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.1.2, < 8.1.2fCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.2.0, < 8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0218 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

broadcom.com / support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-733
MitigationThird Party Advisory