CVE-2021-28503

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-28503
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-04 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-02 15:57:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All
Operating System Arista Eos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory 0072 - Arista MISC www.arista.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 43998 Arista EOS eAPI certificate Based Authentication Vulnerability (SA0072)
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