CVE-2025-54545 Privilege escalation in DANZ Monitoring Fabric
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54545 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-54545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks DANZ Monitoring Fabric, published on 29 Oct 2025. 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-2025-54545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Arista Networks DANZ Monitoring Fabric. 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-2025-54545/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54545/index.md)
A restricted user can escape the CLI sandbox to access the system shell and elevate privileges on Arista DANZ Monitoring Fabric devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-54545?
CVE-2025-54545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks DANZ Monitoring Fabric, published on 29 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
On affected platforms, a restricted user could break out of the CLI sandbox to the system shell and elevate their privileges.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54545?
How do I fix CVE-2025-54545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-54545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mj5g-pwmc-9x7r.