CVE-2025-6979

Summary

Captive Portal can allow authentication bypass

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Arista NetworksArista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall0.0 <= 17.3.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-287: CWE-287 Improper Authentication

Workarounds

MitigationDisable Captive Portal.

As the NGFW administrator, log into the UI and navigate to the Captive Portal application.

  • If the Captive Portal application is not installed, the system is not vulnerable.
  • If Captive Portal is not enabled, the system is not vulnerable.
  • Move the Enabled slider to disabled.
  • Click Save
  • Disable Captive Portal.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

References