CVSS 4.0
6.0 mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:LCVE-2026-120981 Security Advisory 0214
Medium (6.0) in arista networks eos. EPSS 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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On affected platforms running Arista EOS with VPLS-BGP enabled, an attacker who has established a BGP session with the PE router can affect the route advertisements of VPLS pseudowires, causing a churn of the established routes with other legitimate BGP peers.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- EPSS
- 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 19th percentile. Scored 2026-11-13. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-13. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
- Published
- Modified
- Assigned by
- Arista (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
- arista networks:eos
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Arista Networks EOS | from 4.33.0F through 4.33.10M |
| Arista Networks EOS | from 4.34.0F through 4.34.8M |
| Arista Networks EOS | from 4.35.0F through 4.35.6M |
| Arista Networks EOS | from 4.36.0F through 4.36.2F |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS Severity: Low
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