{"id":"CVE-2020-9015","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-9015","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:15:23.387Z","title":"Arista DCS-7050QX-32S-R 4.20.9M, DCS-7050CX3-32S-R 4.20.11M, and DCS-7280SRAM-48C6-R 4.22.0.1F devices (and possibly other products) allow attackers to bypass intended TACACS+ shell restrictions via a | character.","description":"Arista DCS-7050QX-32S-R 4.20.9M, DCS-7050CX3-32S-R 4.20.11M, and DCS-7280SRAM-48C6-R 4.22.0.1F devices (and possibly other products) allow attackers to bypass intended TACACS+ shell restrictions via a | character. NOTE: the vendor reports that this is a configuration issue relating to an overly permissive regular expression in the TACACS+ server permitted commands","published":"2020-02-20T22:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:27:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["arista/dcs-7050qx-32s-r firmware","arista/dcs-7050cx3-32s-r firmware","arista/dcs-7280sram-48c6-r firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.16464,"percentile":0.96989,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158119/Arista-Restricted-Shell-Escape-Privilege-Escalation.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://eos.arista.com/arista-eos-is-not-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-9015/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://securitybytes.me","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://securitybytes.me/posts/cve-2020-9015/","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158119/Arista-Restricted-Shell-Escape-Privilege-Escalation.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://eos.arista.com/arista-eos-is-not-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-9015/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://securitybytes.me","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://securitybytes.me/posts/cve-2020-9015/","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9015","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}