CVE detail

CVE-2021-28503 — CVE-2021-28503

Published 2022-02-04 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor arista · Product eos · Source nvd
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
7.4
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0073
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
51.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

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.

Remediation

vendor remediation guidance

The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. The vulnerability is fixed in the following EOS versions: 4.26.3 and later releases in the 4.26.x train 4.25.6 and later releases in the 4.25.x train 4.24.8 and later releases in the 4.24.x train 4.23.10 and later releases in the 4.24.x train

workarounds

Disallowing user certificate authentication via eAPI can be used to mitigate the vulnerability. switch(config)#management security switch(config-mgmt-security)#ssl profile profileEAPI switch(config-mgmt-sec-ssl-profile-profileEAPI)#no trust certificate user.cert switch(config-mgmt-sec-ssl-profile-profileEAPI)#exit

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Arista Networks Arista EOS>=EOS-4.23<EOS-4.23.10EOS-4.23.10advisory ↗
Arista Networks Arista EOS>=EOS-4.24<EOS-4.24.8EOS-4.24.8advisory ↗
Arista Networks Arista EOS>=EOS-4.25<EOS-4.25.6EOS-4.25.6advisory ↗
Arista Networks Arista EOS>=EOS-4.26<EOS-4.26.3EOS-4.26.3advisory ↗

References

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