Vulnerability in Arista Networks Eos
CVE-2026-73463
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, when multiple gRPC Network Security Interface (gNSI) transports are configured, a race condition in the gNSI Authz service may cause a policy rotation to fail silently. An authenticated user whose access was revoked by the new policy may retain unauthorized access to gRPC interfaces. This does not affect Bootz. This issue was discovered internally by Arista, and the company is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability in customer networks.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@arista.com (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-73463?
- CVE-2026-73463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks Eos, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-16.
- How severe is CVE-2026-73463?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.