# CVE-2022-29071: Information disclosure in CloudVision Portal

> Authenticated users can view other users' passwords in system logs, exposing sensitive credentials in Arista CloudVision Portal.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-73jx-2vf6-7ffj

## What is CVE-2022-29071?

CVE-2022-29071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks CloudVision Portal, published on 5 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This advisory documents an internally found vulnerability in the on premises deployment model of Arista CloudVision Portal (CVP) where under a certain set of conditions, user passwords can be leaked in the Audit and System logs. The impact of this vulnerability is that the CVP user login passwords might be leaked to other authenticated users.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29071?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arista Cloudvision Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29071?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29071 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29071 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arista Networks CloudVision Portal

- [CVE-2016-9012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9012/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-24546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24546/): Missing authorization in CloudVision (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2019-18181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18181/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-13881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13881/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-17596](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17596/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29071 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks CloudVision Portal, published on 5 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arista Networks CloudVision Portal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29071/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29071/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29071
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29071
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29071

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29071/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.