CVE-2026-73447
Received Received - Intake

Authenticated Command Execution in Arista EOS via gNSI Certz Service

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-73447, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-09-16

Last updated on: 2026-09-16

Assigner: Arista Networks, Inc.

Description

A privileged attacker can exploit certain operation to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges, leading to full device compromise. An authenticated user can exploit gRPC Network Security Interface (gNSI) Certz service on Arista EOS-based products to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted Certz Rotate request. The Bootz service is also affected.

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Published
2026-09-16
Last Modified
2026-09-16
Generated
2026-09-16
EPSS Evaluated
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arista arista_eos *
arista bootz *

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CWE-78 The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

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