CVE-2025-69272

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36756	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:dx_netops_spectrum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

14 Jan 2026, 17:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36756 -~~	() https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/36756 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5
First Time		Linux Broadcom Microsoft Microsoft windows Broadcom dx Netops Spectrum Linux linux Kernel
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:dx_netops_spectrum::::::::

12 Jan 2026, 05:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-12 05:16

Updated : 2026-01-14 17:54

NVD link : CVE-2025-69272

Mitre link : CVE-2025-69272

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-69272

JSON object : View

Products Affected

broadcom

dx_netops_spectrum

microsoft

windows

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-319

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

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