CVE-2021-28506

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.

Published Jan 14, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. Arista recommends customers move to the latest version of each release. CVE-2021-28506 has been fixed in the following releases: 4.26.3M and later releases in the 4.26.x train 4.25.6M and later releases in the 4.25.x train 4.25.4.1M and later releases in the 4.25.4.x train 4.24.8M and later releases in the 4.24.x train


Vendor Workaround

No mitigation options available

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15182 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00481}

epss

{'score': 0.00279}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Arista
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:09 PM
Reserved
Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 14, 2022, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:46 AM