CVE-2023-24512
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, an authorized attacker with permissions to perform gNMI requests could craft a request allowing it to update arbitrary configurations in the switch.
02 Description
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, an authorized attacker with permissions to perform gNMI requests could craft a request allowing it to update arbitrary configurations in the switch.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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
- 2023-04-25 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-03 19:15Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-01-24
- Assigning CNA
- Arista
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 190551a10a1b2aa90c332872ba7434e907f5be3913a89f40b975d7bfefa33840
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
While the steps listed above resolve the issue, the recommended long term solution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. Arista recommends customers move to the latest version of each release that contains all the fixes listed below. There are two possible solutions: Upgrade the Streaming Telemetry Agent Customers can upgrade the Streaming Telemetry Agent to a fixed version, following the directions in https://arista.my.site.com/AristaCommunity/s/article/terminattr-upgrade-downgrade. Fixes are available in the following supported release trains: TerminAttr 1.25.0 and later Terminattr versions Users of 1.24.X and 1.23.X TerminAttr releases should upgrade to TerminAttr 1.25.0 or later. TerminAttr 1.22.2 and later version in the TerminAttr 1.22.X train TerminAttr 1.19.6 and later versions in the TerminAttr 1.19.X train
Upgrade EOS Customers can upgrade to a version of EOS which contains a fixed version of the Streaming Telemetry Agent within the EOS image, as documented in https://www.arista.com/en/um-eos/eos-upgradedowngrade-overview: EOS 4.29.2F and later releases, which contains TerminAttr 1.25.0 or a more recent version EOS 4.28.6M and later releases in the 4.28.X train, which contains TerminAttr 1.22.2 or a more recent version EOS 4.27.9M and later releases in the 4.27.X train, which contains TerminAttr 1.19.6 or a more recent version EOS 4.26.10M and later releases in the 4.26.X train, which contains TerminAttr 1.19.6 or a more recent version