CVE-2023-5648 — In Brocade ASCG before Brocade ASCG v3

In Brocade ASCG before Brocade ASCG v3.0, several security-related HTTP Headers were missing in various Brocade ASCG URL paths, aiding unauthenticated attackers to perform attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting, Clickjacking, Information disclosure, and more.

01What is this vulnerability?

In Brocade ASCG before Brocade ASCG v3.0, several security-related HTTP Headers were missing in various Brocade ASCG URL paths, aiding unauthenticated attackers to perform attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting, Clickjacking, Information disclosure, and more.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2026-10-08T05:17:03.747
• Last modified: 2026-10-14T19:30:21.210

09References

• support.broadcom.com — https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22715