CVE-2026-73461
Received
Received - Intake
Privilege Escalation in EOS Platform via gRPC OpenConfig
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-73461, 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
Description
On affected EOS platforms with AAA-based gRPC authorization enabled for OpenConfig, gRPC requests of an authenticated user to OpenConfig may use the wrong privilege level, resulting in an authorization using the wrong AAA method list. This does not impact non-gRPC OpenConfig requests such as NETCONF.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| arista | openconfig | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-266 | A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. |
