On affected platforms running Arista EOS, under certain circumstances plaintext shared secrets for configured Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System P
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, under certain circumstances plaintext shared secrets for configured Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) servers
- Published
- Sep 15, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 2th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-532
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · Arista
- 6.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Arista). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Arista Networks EOS
- 4.36.0 and later · up to and including 4.36.1Faffected
- 4.35.0 and later · up to and including 4.35.4Maffected
- 4.34.0 and later · up to and including 4.34.7Maffected
- 0.0.0 and later · up to and including 4.33.9Maffected
- up to and including 4.32.0affected
- up to and including 4.31.0affected
Same product
arista networks: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-73453Security Advisory 017438Monitor
- CVE-2026-73461Security Advisory 016337Monitor
- CVE-2026-73447Security Advisory 0162 - gNSI Certz/Bootz OS Command Injection via Crafted Rotate Request37Monitor
- CVE-2026-73456Under certain circumstances, an unauthenticated gNPSI client can craft a malicious request to allow arbitrary code execution, granting an attacker full administ36Monitor
- CVE-2026-73458On affected platforms running Arista EOS with authenticated Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) sessions configured, a specially crafted packet can cause t36Monitor
- CVE-2025-1260On affected platforms running Arista EOS with OpenConfig configured, a gNOI request can be run when it should have been rejected.36Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-734650 days apartOn affected platforms running Arista EOS, under certain circumstances plaintext private keys24Monitor
- CVE-2026-734660 days apartOn affected platforms running Arista EOS, under certain circumstances plaintext user passwords24Monitor
- CVE-2026-734571 days apartUnder certain circumstances, the gNPSI client credentials might be logged in clear text, in local or remote accounting logs to authenticated users.24Monitor
- CVE-2025-3456386 days apartOn affected platforms running Arista EOS, the global common encryption key configuration may be logged in clear text, in local or remote accounting logs. Knowle15Monitor
- CVE-2026-734421 days apartOn affected platforms running Arista EOS with VRRP enabled, the peer device VRRP authentication credentials are logged in cleartext on the switch, allowing an a8Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- P
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log FileCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.