CVE-2026-73458
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Received - Intake
BFD Session Downtime in Arista EOS
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-73458, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-15
Last updated on: 2026-09-15
Assigner: Arista Networks, Inc.
Description
Description
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with authenticated Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) sessions configured, a specially crafted packet can cause the BFD session(s) to go down. This may result in undesirable network changes because various routing protocols monitor status on BFD session(s).
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| arista | arista_eos | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-303 | The requirements for the product dictate the use of an established authentication algorithm, but the implementation of the algorithm is incorrect. |
