CVE-2025-69272 (GCVE-0-2025-69272)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-12 04:33 – Updated: 2026-01-12 15:19
VLAI
Title
Spectrum password returned in clear
Summary
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in Broadcom DX NetOps Spectrum on Windows, Linux allows Sniffing Attacks.This issue affects DX NetOps Spectrum: 21.2.1 and earlier.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
ca
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Broadcom DX NetOps Spectrum Affected: 21.2.1 and earlier (custom)
Unaffected: 21.2.2 and later (custom)
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Date Public
2026-01-12 04:30
Credits
Jean-Michel Huguet and Jorge Escabias from NATO Cyber Security Centre
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