CVE-2021-28498

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Arista's MOS (Metamako Operating System) software which is supported on the 7130 product line, user enable passwords set in clear text could result in unprivileged users getting complete access to the systems. This issue affects: Arista Metamako Operating System MOS-0.13 and post releases in the MOS-0.1x train MOS-0.26.6 and prior releases in the MOS-0.2x train MOS-0.31.1 and prior releases in the MOS-0.3x train

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255 CWE-522

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 9, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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