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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-31431 json

A buffer overflow vulnerability in “diagstatus” command

published 2023-08-01 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-35739

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in “diagstatus” command in Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric v9.2.0 and v9.1.1c could allow an authenticated user to crash the Brocade Fabric OS switch leading to a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • broadcom brocade_fabric_operating_system 9.1.1c

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Brocade Fabric OS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.