CVE-2021-28498

HIGH

Arista Metamako Operating System < 0.13.0 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Title source: rule

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

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/12912-security-advisory-64

Scores

CVSS v3 8.7

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 12.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-255 CWE-522

Status published

Products (1)

arista/metamako_operating_system 0.10.0 - 0.13.0

Published Sep 09, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026