Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2021 · Assigned by Arista

CVE-2021-28495

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity improper authentication in Metamako Operating System from Arista. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Arista's MOS (Metamako Operating System) software which is supported on the 7130 product line, under certain conditions, user authentication can be bypassed when API access is enabled via the JSON-RPC APIs. This issue affects: Arista Metamako Operating System All releases in the MOS-0.1x train MOS-0.13 and post releases in the MOS-0.1x train MOS-0.26.6 and below releases in the MOS-0.2x train MOS-0.31.1 and below releases in the MOS-0.3x train

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Arista Metamako Operating System MOS-0.13 – before MOS-0.13*MOS-0.26.7 – before MOS-0.26.7MOS-0.32.0 – before MOS-0.32.0

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

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