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CVE-2023-4162

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4162 is a segmentation fault vulnerability affecting Brocade Fabric OS versions after v9.0 and before v9.2.0a. An authenticated, privileged local user can crash a Brocade Fabric OS switch by executing a specific passwdcfg command. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access to cause a denial of service. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.0.1a, < 9.2.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-20231124-0010
Third Party Advisory
support.broadcom.com / web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22513
Vendor Advisory