CVE-2021-28507 Auth bypass in EOS

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass service ACLs on OpenConfig interfaces in Arista EOS, allowing unauthorized requests to reach the agent.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-28507?

CVE-2021-28507 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Arista Networks EOS, published on 14 Jan 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where, under certain conditions, the service ACL configured for OpenConfig gNOI and OpenConfig RESTCONF might be bypassed, which results in the denied requests being forwarded to the agent.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28507?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Arista Eos.

How do I fix CVE-2021-28507?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28507 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2021-28507 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4j73-jx76-fgw8.

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