CVE-2021-28503 (GCVE-0-2021-28503)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-04 22:29 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
In Arista's EOS software affected releases, eAPI might skip re-evaluating user credentials when certificate based authentication is used, which allows remote attackers to access the device via eAPI.
Summary
The impact of this vulnerability is that Arista's EOS eAPI may skip re-evaluating user credentials when certificate based authentication is used, which allows remote attackers to access the device via eAPI.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CWE
- CWE-305 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Assigner
Arista
CNA
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-noti… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arista Networks | Arista EOS |
Affected:
EOS-4.23 , < EOS-4.23.10
(custom)
Affected: EOS-4.24 , < EOS-4.24.8 (custom) Affected: EOS-4.25 , < EOS-4.25.6 (custom) Affected: EOS-4.26 , < EOS-4.26.3 (custom) |
Date Public
2022-02-02 00:00
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