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CVE-2021-28506· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Arista

An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where certain gNOI APIs incorrectly skip authorization and authentication which could potentially allow a fa

An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where certain gNOI APIs incorrectly skip authorization and authentication which could potentially allow a factory reset of the device.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jan 14, 2022
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 72th percentile
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Action score

36

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.1
CNA · Arista
9.1
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
aristaeos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • arista eos4.24.0 and later · up to 4.24.7m inclusive
  • arista eos4.25.0 and later · up to 4.25.3 inclusive
  • arista eos4.25.4 and later · up to 4.25.4m inclusive
  • arista eos4.25.5 and later · up to 4.25.5.1m inclusive
  • arista eos4.26.0 and later · up to 4.26.2f inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Arista). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Arista Networks EOS

    • 4.26.2F and later · up to and including 4.26.0affected
    • 4.25.5.1M and later · up to and including 4.25.5affected
    • 4.25.4M and later · up to and including 4.25.4affected
    • 4.25.3 and later · up to and including 4.25.0affected
    • 4.24.7M and later · up to and including 4.24.2Faffected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-7473Arista EOS Unexpected Tunnel Protocol Decapsulation and Forwarding BypassKEV
    57Plan
  • CVE-2015-8236Arista EOS before 4.11.12, 4.12 before 4.12.11, 4.13 before 4.13.14M, 4.14 before 4.14.5FX.5, and 4.15 before 4.15.0FX1.1 allows remote atta
    41Plan
  • CVE-2021-28503In Arista's EOS software affected releases, eAPI might skip re-evaluating user credentials when certificate based authentication is used, which allows remote at
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-24509On affected modular platforms running Arista EOS equipped with both redundant supervisor modules and having the redundancy protocol configured with RPR or SSO,
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2021-28500An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where the incorrect use of EOS's AAA API’s by the OpenConfig and TerminAttr agents could result in unrestric
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-3646On affected platforms running Arista EOS with mirroring to multiple destinations configured, an internal system error may trigger a kernel panic and cause syste
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

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