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.
History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Arista
Arista eos
Vendors & Products Arista
Arista eos

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Security Advisory 0163
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arista

Published: 2026-09-16T08:01:20.911Z

Updated: 2026-09-17T03:56:55.952Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T16:45:03.511Z

Link: CVE-2026-73461

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T14:52:22.433Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-16T09:17:05.147

Modified: 2026-09-17T04:18:00.483

Link: CVE-2026-73461

cve-icon Redhat

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