Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Arista (CVE-2026-25624)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Arista (CVE-2026-25624). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An administrative cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the web user interface dashboard layout of Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). Unvalidated user-supplied variables are echoed back to administrative profiles, facilitating vector payload processing behavior controls.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-25624 has been found in Arista.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Arista CVE-2026-25624" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-25624 (Arista) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
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.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Arista.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Arista.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.7/10). 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. Run grep -r 'Arista' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) 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
grep -r 'Arista' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Aristaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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