CVE-2018-6437: Broadcom Fabric Operating System

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Vulnerability in the help command of Brocade Fabric OS command line interface (CLI) versions before 8.2.1, 8.1.2f, 8.0.2f, 7.4.2d could allow a local attacker to escape the restricted shell and, gain root access.

Affected products

• Broadcom Fabric Operating System: from 7.4.2, before 7.4.2d (fixed in 7.4.2d); from 8.0.2, before 8.0.2f (fixed in 8.0.2f); from 8.1.2, before 8.1.2f (fixed in 8.1.2f); from 8.2.0, before 8.2.1 (fixed in 8.2.1)

Published 2018-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.