CVE-2016-8202

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric...

8.8 High

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts accessing the system via command line interface. With affected versions, non-root users can gain root access with a combination of shell commands and parameters.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

3.05%Up 2.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Record: CVE-2016-8202
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-264
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-8202
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-9050 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-9050
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wq4q-gffr-mpf3 8.8

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric...

Record: GHSA-wq4q-gffr-mpf3
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-8202 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Broadcom Fabric Operating System, published May 8, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.05%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.