CVE-2026-87681

RBAC Permission Misclassification Enabling Privilege Escalation

Published Oct 8, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An Access Control Bypass vulnerability exists in the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) validation engine of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1. When processing certain management protocol operations, the RBAC engine incorrectly categorizes non-standard action opcodes during permission checks. This allows authenticated users with read-only management privileges to bypass access controls and execute restricted administrative operations.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Security update is provided in Brocade Fabric OS 10.0.1

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Broadcom
Broadcom fabric Operating System
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Broadcom
Broadcom fabric Operating System
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Brocade
Brocade fabric Os
Vendors & Products Brocade
Brocade fabric Os
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title RBAC Permission Misclassification Enabling Privilege Escalation
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An Access Control Bypass vulnerability exists in the Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) validation engine of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1. When processing certain management protocol operations, the RBAC engine incorrectly categorizes non-standard action opcodes during permission checks. This allows authenticated users with read-only management privileges to bypass access controls and execute restricted administrative operations.
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
brocade
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 1:41 PM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2026, 10:51 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 8, 2026, 1:16 AM
Modified
Oct 13, 2026, 2:13 PM