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CVE-2020-9015

50
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9015 is a critical vulnerability affecting Arista DCS-7050QX-32S-R, DCS-7050CX3-32S-R, and DCS-7280SRAM-48C6-R devices, allowing attackers to bypass TACACS+ shell restrictions using a pipe character. This flaw, stemming from an overly permissive regular expression in the TACACS+ server, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, indicating readily available exploit code. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.20.9mCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7050qx-32s-r_firmware:4.20.9m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.20.11mCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7050cx3-32s-r_firmware:4.20.11m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.22.0.1fCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7280sram-48c6-r_firmware:4.22.0.1f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Arista restricted shell escape (with privesc) · Feb 2, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1646 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/158119/Arista-Restricted-Shell-Escape-Privilege-Escalation.html
eos.arista.com / arista-eos-is-not-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-9015
securitybytes.me
Third Party Advisory
securitybytes.me / posts/cve-2020-9015
Broken Link