Critical severity9.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-24509
CVE-2023-24509
Description
On affected modular platforms running Arista EOS equipped with both redundant supervisor modules and having the redundancy protocol configured with RPR or SSO, an existing unprivileged user can login to the standby supervisor as a root user, leading to a privilege escalation. Valid user credentials are required in order to exploit this vulnerability.
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Affected products
3- Arista Networks/Arista EOSv5Range: 4.23.0 4.23.13M
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/16985-security-advisory-0082nvdExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
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