CVE-2021-28499
In Arista's MOS (Metamako Operating System) software which is supported on the 7130 product line, user account passwords set in clear text could leak to users without any password. This issue affects:
02 Description
In Arista's MOS (Metamako Operating System) software which is supported on the 7130 product line, user account passwords set in clear text could leak to users without any password. This issue affects:
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 10.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-09-09 12:38Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 21:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-03-16
- Assigning CNA
- Arista
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b67c1e5270305dcf771dce4e6fd0241fa9505d2d6c40dda2ea934b2e08d34a0c
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
Upgrade to MOS-0.32.0
Install hotfix stored at https://www.arista.com/assets/data/SecurityAdvisories/SA64-67/SecurityAdvisory64-67-Hotfix-mos-1818-2.0.0-1.11.core2_64.rpm For detailed information about hotfix installation, please see the advisory https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/12912-security-advisory-64