# CVE-2026-25621: Arista Edge Threat Management NGFW Reports Application Insecure Input Validation

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Arista Edge Threat Management NGFW due to insecure input validation in the Reports application.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/S:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-36wx-6wfq-226v

## What is CVE-2026-25621?

CVE-2026-25621 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), published on 5 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Reports application infrastructure vulnerability exists in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) due to insecure input validation. This issue uniquely affects version 17.4.0; earlier software releases are not exposed.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-25621?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arista Ng Firewall.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-25621?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-25621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-25621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)

- [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-2026-25621 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-25621 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), published on 5 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). 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-2026-25621/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25621/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25621
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25621
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25621

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25621/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.