OS Command Injection in Captive Portal application (CVE-2026-25620)
Summary
OS command injection in Captive Portal application (CVE-2026-25620). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An encrypted password command injection vulnerability exists in the Captive Portal application framework of Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). This issue uniquely affects version 17.4.0; earlier software releases are not exposed.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-25620 has been found in Captive Portal application.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 6.0/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Captive Portal application CVE-2026-25620" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-25620 (Captive Portal application) — CWE-78 / CVSS v3 6.0
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
OS command injection (CWE-78) exists in Captive Portal application.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Captive Portal application.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.0/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Captive Portal application を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch psirt@arista.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com