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Arista NetworksCVE-2026-73444

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with VRRPv2 IP Authentication Header

Medium5.3CVE-2026-73444 · Published Sep 15, 2026 · updated Sep 16, 2026

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with VRRPv2 IP Authentication Header (IP-AH) authentication configured, an unauthenticated attacker with access to the layer 2 network segment on which VRRP is running could bypass VRRP authentication and claim the virtual router master role, enabling the attacker to intercept, modify, or discard traffic that hosts on the segment send to the virtual gateway address.

Arista Networks advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
EOS
Product
>= 4.36.0, <= 4.36.1FNo fix yet
>= 4.35.0, <= 4.35.5MNo fix yet
>= 4.34.0, <= 4.34.7MNo fix yet
>= 4.33.0, <= 4.33.9MNo fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-303

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