CalInvocationHandler in Brocade SANnav before 2.3.1b logs sensitive information in clear text. The vulnerability could allow an authenticated, local attacker to view Brocade Fabric OS switch sensitive information in clear text. An attacker with administrative privileges could retrieve sensitive information including passwords; SNMP responses that contain AuthSecret and PrivSecret after collecting a “supportsave” or getting access to an already collected “supportsave”. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-29952
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.
Because the information is stored in cleartext (i.e., unencrypted), attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information. When organizations adopt cloud services, it can be easier for attackers to access the data from anywhere on the Internet. In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of “double encryption” (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.