CVE-2026-73462: arista networks eos Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-73462 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in arista networks eos. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 16-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST7.1HighCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
19%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.04 pp
From 0.24% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Arista networks1 product
- eos≥ 4.36.0, ≤ 4.36.1F | ≥ 4.35.0, ≤ 4.35.5M | ≥ 4.34.0, ≤ 4.34.7.1M | ≥ 4.33.0, ≤ 4.33.8M
1 vendor · 1 product