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CVE-2026-73445: Security Advisory 0167

Awaiting analysis
Published 16-09-2026Last modified 16-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-73445 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in arista networks eos. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

On affected platforms running Arista EOS, an issue with the gRPC Network Security Interface (gNSI) Authz Rotate RPC may cause an incorrect Authz policy which was uploaded in the ongoing RPC stream to become active. This does not affect Bootz. This issue was discovered internally by Arista and the company is not aware of any malicious uses of this issue in customer networks.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

27%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.33% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Arista networks1 product
  • eos≥ 4.36.0F, ≤ 4.36.0.1F | ≥ 4.35.0F, ≤ 4.35.5M | ≥ 4.34.0F, ≤ 4.34.7M | ≥ 4.33.0F, ≤ 4.33.8M | ≥ 4.32.0F, < 4.33.0F | ≥ 4.31.0F, < 4.32.0F

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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