Out-of-bounds Read in Arista Networks Eos

CVE-2026-73462

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping configured (enabled by default on all VLANs), a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker can send malformed network packets on an affected VLAN to cause the IGMP snooping agent to terminate unexpectedly. This results in a temporary disruption of multicast traffic management, which may cause multicast traffic to be flooded to all ports of the affected VLAN until the service recovers. Repeated exploitation could result in a prolonged loss of intended multicast forwarding behavior.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-73462?
CVE-2026-73462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks Eos, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-73462?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.