# CVE-2024-47517: Expired and unusable administrator authentication tokens can be revealed by units that have timed out from ETM access

> Attackers can reveal expired administrator authentication tokens from units that have timed out from ETM access, potentially aiding further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fcm3-cmp6-7984

## What is CVE-2024-47517?

CVE-2024-47517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arista Edge Threat Management, published on 10 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Expired and unusable administrator authentication tokens can be revealed by units that have timed out from ETM access

Weakness: CWE-1230 (Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Metadata)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47517?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arista Ng Firewall.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47517 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-47517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arista Edge Threat Management

- [CVE-2025-2767](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2767/): Arista NG Firewall User-Agent Cross-Site Scripting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-9188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9188/): Specially constructed queries cause cross platform scripting leaking administrator tokens (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-27889](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27889/): SQL injection in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista NG Firewall (NGFW) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-47519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47519/): Backup uploads to ETM subject to man-in-the-middle interception (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-9134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9134/): SQL injection in Arista Edge Threat Management (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47517 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arista Edge Threat Management, published on 10 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arista Edge Threat Management. 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-2024-47517/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47517/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47517
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47517
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47517

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47517/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.