CVE-2021-28503
In Arista's EOS software affected releases, eAPI might skip re-evaluating user credentials when certificate based authentication is used, which allows remote attackers to access the device via eAPI.
02 Description
In Arista's EOS software affected releases, eAPI might skip re-evaluating user credentials when certificate based authentication is used, which allows remote attackers to access the device via eAPI.
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
- 0.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 53.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2022-02-04 22:29Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-03-16
- Assigning CNA
- Arista
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a00fa337061ab1d888893d1bd040518419a3166eda27a32702b1fb24ead87c46
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. The vulnerability is fixed in the following EOS versions: 4.26.3 and later releases in the 4.26.x train 4.25.6 and later releases in the 4.25.x train 4.24.8 and later releases in the 4.24.x train 4.23.10 and later releases in the 4.24.x train