VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-24509

CVSS score9.3 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@arista.com: CWE-269
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references