What is CVE-2025-6979?
Captive Portal can allow authentication bypass
The record classifies CVE-2025-6979 under weakness class CWE-287. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 370 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 6.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2025-10-23
Is CVE-2025-6979 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 16 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Arista Networks: Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall
How to fix CVE-2025-6979
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-6979 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-6979
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-6979, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .