CVE-2025-6979 (GCVE-0-2025-6979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-23 18:46
Modified
2025-10-23 18:59
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
Captive Portal can allow authentication bypass
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Arista Networks Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall Version: 0.0   <
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