CVE-2025-6980 Captive Portal can expose sensitive information
An attacker can access sensitive information via the Captive Portal feature in Arista Edge Threat Management and Next Generation Firewall devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-6980?
CVE-2025-6980 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall, published on 23 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Captive Portal can expose sensitive information
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6980?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6980?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8xch-f2rh-5c8c.