CVE-2025-6978 Diagnostics command injection vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via the diagnostics feature in Arista Edge Threat Management and Next Generation Firewall devices.
- 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-2025-6978?
CVE-2025-6978 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall, published on 23 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Diagnostics command injection vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6978?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6978?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-6978 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g36r-rq4v-5g7h.