OS Command Injection in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista NG Firewall (NGFW) - CVE-2025-6978

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OS Command Injection in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista NG Firewall (NGFW) - CVE-2025-6978

Published: December 3, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU119092
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6978
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Arista Networks
Affected software:
Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista NG Firewall (NGFW)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the implementation of the runTroubleshooting method. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-6978

Install updates from vendor's website.

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