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CVE-2024-12831: arista ng_firewall Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 20-12-2024Last modified 20-12-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-12831 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in arista ng_firewall. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Arista NG Firewall uvm_login Incorrect Authorization Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Arista NG Firewall. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the uvm_login module. The issue results from incorrect authorization. An attacker can leverage this to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the user. Was ZDI-CAN-24324.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Arista1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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