An input validation and output encoding vulnerability exists in the web management interface of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1. When configuring Federated Authentication (FA), the system fails to sanitize the Identity Provider (IdP) issuer parameter. An authenticated administrator—or an attacker capable of supplying crafted FA configuration files during an import routine—can inject arbitrary web server directives. This can lead to service denial by preventing the web management daemon from starting, or potentially alter web server security controls.
CVE-2026-87678
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.96.9Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: EPSS, a secondary CVSS source
6.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 6.9Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
The CVE record's CNA (Brocade Communications Systems LLC, a Broadcom Company) lists Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.
- CVSS v3
- 6.9
- EG Score
- 6.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 31EG Risk 31/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity69% × 45%The EG Score, 6.9 of 10.Exploitation0.2% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. - EPSS PROB
- 0.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 9th
- KEV
- Not listed
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
October 8, 2026
Last Modified
October 8, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026No fix on record yet.
Web page
Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal
https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/39138Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-87678(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 21× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
- 2026-10-12 14:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 19:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 16:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 16:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 16:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-2fjw-9jqh-x73f
- 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
- 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
- 2026-10-10 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-10 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-2fjw-9jqh-x73f
- 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
- 2026-10-09 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-2fjw-9jqh-x73f
- 2026-10-08 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-2fjw-9jqh-x73f
- 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
- 2026-10-08 13:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-2fjw-9jqh-x73f
- 2026-10-08 03:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 02:56 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 6.9 MEDIUM
- 2026-10-08 02:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-87678?
CVE-2026-87678 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 8, 2026. An input validation and output encoding vulnerability exists in the web management interface of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1. When configuring Federated Authentication (FA), the system fails to sanitize the Identity Provider (IdP) issuer parameter. An authenticated administrator—or an…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-87678 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-87678 was published on October 8, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 8, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-87678 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-87678 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-87678?
CVE-2026-87678 has a CVSS base score of 6.9 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-87678?
No fix for CVE-2026-87678 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The CVE record's CNA (Brocade Communications Systems LLC, a Broadcom Company) lists Brocade Fabric OS versions before 10.0.1 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-87678 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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