FKIE_CVE-2023-5502

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-04 23:16 - Updated: 2026-07-22 20:10
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with 802.1x authentication configured on the access/trunk ports, and routing enabled on the access VLAN of the ports, a malicious supplicant may be able to bypass the requirement to perform 802.1x authentication.
References
psirt@arista.comhttps://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19462-security-advisory-0096
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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