Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2021· Updated Sep 16, 2024
In Arista's EOS software affected releases, the shared secret profiles sensitive configuration might be leaked when displaying output over eAPI or other JSON outputs to authenticated users on the device.
CVE-2021-28496
Description
On systems running Arista EOS and CloudEOS with the affected release version, when using shared secret profiles the password configured for use by BiDirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) will be leaked when displaying output over eAPI or other JSON outputs to other authenticated users on the device. The affected EOS Versions are: all releases in 4.22.x train, 4.23.9 and below releases in the 4.23.x train, 4.24.7 and below releases in the 4.24.x train, 4.25.4 and below releases in the 4.25.x train, 4.26.1 and below releases in the 4.26.x train
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Affected products
3- Arista Networks/Arista EOSv5Range: EOS-4.22
Patches
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