Description
An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where certain gNOI APIs incorrectly skip authorization and authentication which could potentially allow a factory reset of the device.
Published: 2022-01-14
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. Arista recommends customers move to the latest version of each release. CVE-2021-28506 has been fixed in the following releases: 4.26.3M and later releases in the 4.26.x train 4.25.6M and later releases in the 4.25.x train 4.25.4.1M and later releases in the 4.25.4.x train 4.24.8M and later releases in the 4.24.x train


Vendor Workaround

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15182 An issue has recently been discovered in Arista EOS where certain gNOI APIs incorrectly skip authorization and authentication which could potentially allow a factory reset of the device.
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00481}

epss

{'score': 0.00279}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arista

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:09:48.017Z

Reserved: 2021-03-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-28506

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-14T20:15:10.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:59:48.060

Link: CVE-2021-28506

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Weaknesses