Check Point Advisories

Arista NG Firewall Command Injection (CVE-2026-25620)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2026-5017
Date Published:	24 May 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 24 May, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2026-25620
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Arista NG Firewall prior to 17.4.1
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability in Arista NG Firewall allows remote, authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted requests to the target server. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution under the security context of the root user.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Arista NG Firewall Command Injection (CVE-2026-25620) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Arista NG Firewall Command Injection (CVE-2026-25620)