CVE-2025-8870
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, certain serial console input might result in an unexpected reload of the device.
02 Description
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, certain serial console input might result in an unexpected reload of the device.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 6.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.6 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-07.
- 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
- 2025-11-14 15:57Z11 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-14 16:29Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-08-11
- Assigning CNA
- Arista
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-248Uncaught ExceptionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 85bd8451adbb3256be774092af371cf67fb0673d73db7c2bdcd77a3e8e194bb5
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
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 that contains all the fixes listed below. For more information about upgrading see EOS User Manual: Upgrades and Downgrades https://www.arista.com/en/um-eos/eos-upgrades-and-downgrades CVE-2025-8870 has been fixed in the following releases: * 4.35.0F and later releases