RCE in Arista Networks Edge Threat Management - Next Generation Firewall

CVE-2025-6978

Diagnostics command injection vulnerability

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.134 (96.3th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-6978: held from 0.138 to 0.134.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.138 · newest: 0.134 · change: -0.003

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-6978?
CVE-2025-6978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks Edge Threat Management - Next Generation Firewall, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2025-6978?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.