CVE-2021-28506
highpriority · track · 36OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.42% (73rd) EPSS
CVSS 9.4 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.4
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.3–9.4
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@arista.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
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weaknesses
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affected products (10)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28506cnnvd
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/13449-security-advisory-0071cnnvd
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/13449-security-advisory-0071enisa_euvd
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/13449-security-advisory-0071ExploitMitigationPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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