This advisory documents an internally found vulnerability in the on premises deployment model of Arista CloudVision Portal (CVP) where under a certain set of conditions, user passwords can be leaked in the Audit and System logs. The impact of this vulnerability is that the CVP user login passwords might be leaked to other authenticated users.
Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudvision_portal | Arista | 2020.2.0 (including) | 2022.1.0 (including) |
While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for: