What is CVE-2025-6980?
Captive Portal can expose sensitive information
The record classifies CVE-2025-6980 under weakness class CWE-200. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality. 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
- 7.5 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.7% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 7.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2025-10-23
Is CVE-2025-6980 being exploited?
Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2025-6980 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 23 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
- BishopFox/CVE-2025-6980-check (github)
Affected products and versions
- Arista Networks: Arista Edge Threat Management - Arista Next Generation Firewall
How to fix CVE-2025-6980
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-6980 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-2025-6980
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-6980, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .