CVE-2022-33179: Broadcom Fabric Operating System

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS CLI before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.0, 9.0.1e, 8.2.3c, and 7.4.2j could allow a local authenticated user to break out of restricted shells with “set context” and escalate privileges.

Affected products

• Broadcom Fabric Operating System: before 7.4.2j (fixed in 7.4.2j); from 8.0.0, before 8.2.3c (fixed in 8.2.3c); from 9.0.0, before 9.0.1e (fixed in 9.0.1e); version 9.1.0 only

Published 2022-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.