CVE-2023-24547On Arista MOS configuration of a BGP password will cause the password to be logged in clear text.
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 72% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
On affected platforms running Arista MOS, the configuration of a BGP password will cause the password to be logged in clear text that can be revealed in local logs or remote logging servers by authenticated users, as well as appear in clear text in the device’s running config.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Arista
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| AristaCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
- affected 0.13.0 – ≤ 0.39.4
What to do
Solution: The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. Arista recommends customers move to the latest version of each release that contains all the fixes listed below. For more information about upgrading see the MOS User Guide: Updating https://mako.arista.com/dyn/softwareportal/artefact/3688/mos-0.39.1-userguide.pdf CVE-2023-24547 has been fixed in the following releases: * MOS-0.36.10 and later releases in the MOS-0.36.x train * MOS-0.39.4 and later releases in the MOS-0.39.x train Because this issue would cause the password to be saved in logs and remote AAA servers it is recommended to also rotate the BGP password, if possible. Upon upgrading to a new release, the BGP password will be obfuscated with the type-7 algorithm as shown below: switch>show running-config bgp router bgp 65000 neighbor 192.0.2.1 remote-as 66000 neighbor 192.0.2.1 password key 7 00143242404C5B140B
Solution: HotfixThe following hotfix can be applied to remediate CVE-2023-24547. The hotfix only applies to the releases listed below and no other releases. All other versions require upgrading to a release containing the fix (as listed above): * MOS-0.39.3 and below releases in the MOS-0.39.x train * MOS-0.38.1 and below releases in the MOS-0.38.x train * MOS-0.37.1 and below releases in the MOS-0.37.x train * MOS-0.36.9 and below releases in the MOS-0.36.x train * MOS-0.35.3 and below releases in the MOS-0.35.x train * MOS-0.34.0 in the MOS-0.34.x train Please note that the only MOS release trains currently under maintenance support are MOS-0.39.x and MOS-0.36.x. The hotfix working for other releases should not be treated as evidence that these releases continue to be supported. For security it is important to ensure supported releases are used. Version: 1.0 URL: hotfix-cve-2023-24547-4.0.0-1.14.core2_64.rpm https://artifacts.metamako.com/artifactory/releases/hotfix/4.0.0/hotfix-cve-2023-24547-4.0.0-1.14.core2_64.rpm SWIX hash:(SHA512) 168b2ee3deb8d4a3151b9c24936ff9d6523557b366ceffc98e57e8bf80638997
Workaround: No mitigation exists.
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-28563 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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