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CVE-2025-6979: Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall 0.0 through 17.3.1

CVE-2025-6979. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.0053 (percentile 0.42922), scored 2026-10-06.

Affected technology

Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall · 0.0 through 17.3.1
Arista Networks

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · User interaction required

What an attacker can do

The source reports that an attacker could get past authentication checks. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 2026-10-08 17:34:47.690190+00:00

CWE: CWE-287
CCR priority: 35.3 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.0053 · percentile 0.43018 · 2026-10-08
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:36:22.845483+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:32:11.049884+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-6979.html