Improper Authentication in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista NG Firewall (NGFW) - CVE-2025-6979
Published: December 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU119091
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6979
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing authentication requests within the handler.py module. A remote attacker can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the application.
Affected software
Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista NG Firewall (NGFW)
How to mitigate CVE-2025-6979
Install updates from vendor's website.
Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista NG Firewall (NGFW) - update to 17.4