{"id":38260,"date":"2025-05-15T00:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T00:53:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-14T17:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T23:22:30","slug":"cve-2025-0505-zero-touch-provisioning-exploit-in-arista-cloudvision-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0505-zero-touch-provisioning-exploit-in-arista-cloudvision-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-0505: Zero Touch Provisioning Exploit in Arista CloudVision Systems<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-0505 vulnerability is a critical security flaw found in Arista CloudVision systems, both virtual and physical on-premise deployments. This vulnerability is significant as it allows attackers to exploit Zero Touch Provisioning to gain admin privileges on the CloudVision system. This results in them having more permissions than necessary, which can then be used to query or manipulate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46188-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-client-database-management-system-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45202\">system state for devices under management<\/a>. It is worth mentioning that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-11186-severe-access-control-vulnerability-in-cloudvision-portal\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"44990\">CloudVision as-a-service deployments are not affected by this vulnerability<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe severity of this vulnerability underscores the importance of swift action and remediation by system administrators managing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-8100-admin-privilege-escalation-in-arista-cloudvision-portal\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"46271\">Arista CloudVision<\/a> systems. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4347-d-link-router-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43691\">potential for system<\/a> compromise and data leakage is high, posing a significant risk to organizations that have deployed these systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-0505<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS score of 10.0<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30165-potential-system-compromise-in-vllm-v0-engine\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"44034\">System compromise<\/a>, data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1832520886\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Arista CloudVision (Physical Deployments) | All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47269-session-token-exposure-in-code-server-prior-to-version-4-99-4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"46768\">versions prior<\/a> to the vendor patch<br \/>\nArista CloudVision (Virtual Deployments) | All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48865-manipulation-of-x-forwarded-headers-in-fabio-prior-to-version-1-6-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58322\">versions prior<\/a> to the vendor patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This exploit takes advantage of a flaw in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31234-input-sanitization-flaw-leading-to-system-termination-and-kernel-memory-corruption\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47875\">Zero Touch Provisioning feature of Arista<\/a> CloudVision systems. An attacker, without needing any specific user privileges or interactions, can send specially crafted network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29972-server-side-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-azure-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"44991\">requests to the system<\/a>. These requests can trick the system into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-11861-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-enersys-ampa-granting-privileged-remote-shell-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45243\">granting the attacker admin-level privileges<\/a>. Once this level of access is gained, the attacker can query or manipulate system state for devices under management, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4050-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-devtools-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43079\">potentially leading to system<\/a> compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1585479781\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a<br \/>\n<strong>conceptual<\/strong><br \/>\n example of how this vulnerability could be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/zerotouch\/provisioning HTTP\/1.1\nHost: cloudvision.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;request_type&quot;: &quot;provision&quot;,\n&quot;credentials&quot;: {\n&quot;admin_privileges&quot;: &quot;true&quot;\n}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, a malicious actor sends a POST request to the Zero Touch Provisioning endpoint, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47462-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-ohidul-islam-challan-leading-to-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43690\">requesting provisioning with admin privileges<\/a>. If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46193-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-client-database-management-system-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45320\">system is vulnerable<\/a>, it would grant these privileges, allowing the attacker broad access to system features and data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-0505 vulnerability is a critical security flaw found in Arista CloudVision systems, both virtual and physical on-premise deployments. This vulnerability is significant as it allows attackers to exploit Zero Touch Provisioning to gain admin privileges on the CloudVision system. 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