What is CVE-2025-6979?

CVE-2025-6979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks Edge Threat Management - Next Generation Firewall, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2025-6979?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Arista Networks Edge Threat Management - Next Generation Firewall

CVE-2025-6979

Captive Portal can allow authentication bypass

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Arista Networks Edge Threat Management - Next Generation Firewall — versions 0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@arista.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-6979?: CVE-2025-6979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks Edge Threat Management - Next Generation Firewall, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2025-6979?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.