SB2025051717 - Two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Arista EOS



SB2025051717 - Two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Arista EOS

Published: May 17, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025051717
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27892)

CWE-ID: CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization checks. A remote user can send a gNMI Set request and apply unauthorized switch configuration.


2) Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27890)

CWE-ID: CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization checks. A remote user can send a gNMI Set request and apply unauthorized switch configuration.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.