Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2021 · Assigned by Arista

CVE-2021-28497

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.9% 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, the bash shell might be accessible to unprivileged users in situations where they should not have access. This issue affects: Arista Metamako Operating System All 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-0.26.7 – before MOS-0.16.7MOS-0.32.0 – before MOS-0.32.0

Weakness: CWE-264 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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