9.8

CVE-2020-9015: arista dcs-7050cx3-32s-r_firmware

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 20-02-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-9015 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in arista dcs-7050cx3-32s-r_firmware. EPSS estimates a 16.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
16.46%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1metasploit

Timeline

  1. 20-02-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Arista DCS-7050QX-32S-R 4.20.9M, DCS-7050CX3-32S-R 4.20.11M, and DCS-7280SRAM-48C6-R 4.22.0.1F devices (and possibly other products) allow attackers to bypass intended TACACS+ shell restrictions via a | character. NOTE: the vendor reports that this is a configuration issue relating to an overly permissive regular expression in the TACACS+ server permitted commands

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

16.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 16.46% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
16.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Arista restricted shell escape (with privesc)

    exploit/unix/ssh/arista_tacplus_shell

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Arista3 products

1 vendor · 3 products

References

4 links