Is CVE-2024-5460 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-5460 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-5460?

CVE-2024-5460 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-5460?

CVE-2024-5460 has an EPSS score of 0.54% (42th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5460?

Upgrade fabric operating system to 9.0.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-5460

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the default configuration of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Brocade Fabric OS versions before v9.0.0 could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read data from an affected device via SNMP. The vulnerability is due to hard-coded, default community string in the configuration file for the SNMP daemon. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static community string in SNMP version 1 queries to an affected device.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

fabric operating systemNVD

Affected:< 9.0.0Fixed in:9.0.0CVE-2024-5460derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.broadcom.com

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CVE-2022-26138	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-3272	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-30406	Critical	9.0	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-28987	Critical	9.1	93%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-15976	Critical	9.8	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-02-04.