CVE-2025-6980 (GCVE-0-2025-6980)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-23 18:41
Modified
2025-10-23 18:59
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Summary
Captive Portal can expose sensitive information
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Arista Networks Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall Version: 0.0   <
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