CVE-2026-73456
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CVE-2026-73456 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 10/10 on the CVSS scale. Under certain circumstances on affected platforms running Arista EOS with gRPC Network Packet Sampling Interface (gNPSI) enabled, an unauthenticated gNPSI client can craft a malicious request to allow arbitrary code execution, granting an attacker full administrative control over the compromised switch..
Description
Under certain circumstances on affected platforms running Arista EOS with gRPC Network Packet Sampling Interface (gNPSI) enabled, an unauthenticated gNPSI client can craft a malicious request to allow arbitrary code execution, granting an attacker full administrative control over the compromised switch.
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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Arista Networks | EOS | >= 4.36.0, <= 4.36.1F; >= 4.35.0, <= 4.35.5M; >= 4.34.2F, <= 4.34.7M |
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Timeline
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
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