CVE-2024-4578

Summary

This Advisory describes an issue that impacts Arista Wireless Access Points. Any entity with the ability to authenticate via SSH to an affected AP as the “config” user is able to cause a privilege escalation via spawning a bash shell. The SSH CLI session does not require high permissions to exploit this vulnerability, but the config password is required to establish the session. The spawned shell is able to obtain root privileges.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Arista NetworksArista Wireless Access Points13.0.2.x <= 13.0.2-28-vv1002affected
Arista NetworksArista Wireless Access Points15.xaffected
Arista NetworksArista Wireless Access Points16.x <= 16.1.051-vv6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-77: CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Workarounds

To mitigate the attack, configure a strong config shell password and share the password only with admin and/or trusted parties.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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