Privilege escalation in Arista 704x3
CVE-2023-24509
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/16985-security-a… (Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-24509?
- CVE-2023-24509 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arista 704x3, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2023-04-13.
- How severe is CVE-2023-24509?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.