Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-9015

Description

Arista DCS-7050QX-32S-R 4.20.9M, DCS-7050CX3-32S-R 4.20.11M, and DCS-7280SRAM-48C6-R 4.22.0.1F devices (and possibly other products) allow attackers to bypass intended TACACS+ shell restrictions via a | character. NOTE: the vendor reports that this is a configuration issue relating to an overly permissive regular expression in the TACACS+ server permitted commands

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Affected products

Arista/Dcs 7050cx3 32s R Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7050cx3-32s-r_firmware:4.20.11m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Arista/Dcs 7050qx 32s R Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7050qx-32s-r_firmware:4.20.9m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Arista/Dcs 7280sram 48c6 R Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7280sram-48c6-r_firmware:4.22.0.1f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Arista/DCS-7050QX-32S-Rdescription
Arista/DCS-7050QX-32S-Rllm-create
Range: 4.20.9M
Arista/DCS-7280SRAM-48C6-Rllm-create
Range: 4.22.0.1F

Patches

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References

securitybytes.menvdThird Party Advisory
securitybytes.me/posts/cve-2020-9015/nvdBroken Link
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158119/Arista-Restricted-Shell-Escape-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvd
eos.arista.com/arista-eos-is-not-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-9015/nvd

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