High severity · published Oct 23, 2025
CVE-2025-6979
Captive Portal can allow authentication bypass
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AE
Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall · Arista Networks
0.0 through 17.3.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
AE
Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall
Arista Networks
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6979
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6979
https
https://https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/22535-security-advisory-0123
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