In Arista's EOS software affected releases, the shared secret profiles sensitive configuration might be leaked when displaying output over eAPI or other JSON outputs to authenticated users on the device.
CVE-2021-28496

5.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Arista Networks

Status
Arista Eos
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 October 2021

What is CVE-2021-28496?

On systems running Arista EOS and CloudEOS with the affected release version, when using shared secret profiles the password configured for use by BiDirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) will be leaked when displaying output over eAPI or other JSON outputs to other authenticated users on the device. The affected EOS Versions are: all releases in 4.22.x train, 4.23.9 and below releases in the 4.23.x train, 4.24.7 and below releases in the 4.24.x train, 4.25.4 and below releases in the 4.25.x train, 4.26.1 and below releases in the 4.26.x train

Affected Version(s)

Arista EOS EOS-4.22

Arista EOS EOS-4.23

Arista EOS EOS-4.24

References

https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/secu...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2021-28496 : In Arista's EOS software affected releases, the shared secret profiles sensitive configuration might be leaked when displaying output over eAPI or other JSON outputs to authenticated users on the device.