Vulnerability · CVE-2026-85423
A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0.
Published Oct 8, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · Brocade Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-85423. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Brocade Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.6
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.24%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe broadcom/brocade active support connectivity gateway · vendor Brocade Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway
A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0. An API endpoint within the data collector service fails to perform authentication or authorization checks on incoming requests. An attacker with network access to the service can instruct the application to establish SSH connections to arbitrary hosts and execute arbitrary system commands, effectively turning the appliance into an unauthenticated proxy or execution vector.
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- cpe broadcom/brocade active support connectivity gatewayversion unspecified
- vendor Brocade Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gatewayversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-85423
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-85423. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Brocade Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 8, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0. An API endpoint within the data collector service fails to perform authentication or authorization checks on incoming requests. An attacker with network access to the service can instruct the application to establish SSH connections to arbitrary hosts and execute arbitrary system commands, eff
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0. An API endpoint within the data collector service fails to perform authentication or authorization checks on incoming requests. An attacker with network access to the service can instruct the application to establish SSH connections to arbitrary hosts and execute arbitrary system commands, eff
Sources
- CIRCL Vulnerability LookupVulnerability recordCVE-2026-85423
A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0. An API endpoint within the data collector service fails to perform authentication or authorization checks on incoming requests. An attacker with network access to the service
vulnerability.circl.lu - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-85423
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-85423
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-85423
A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0. An API endpoint within the data collector service fails to perform authentication or authorization checks on incoming requests. An attacker with network access to the service
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.