CVE-2024-12829: Arista NG Firewall

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Arista NG Firewall ExecManagerImpl Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Arista NG Firewall. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the ExecManagerImpl class. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-24015.

Affected products

• Arista NG Firewall: version 17.1.1 only

Published 2024-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.