CVE-2026-73442

Summary

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with VRRP enabled, the peer device VRRP authentication credentials are logged in cleartext on the switch, allowing an authenticated user with sufficient privileges to view agent trace logs (or a system receiving forwarded log output) to obtain the peer device VRRP authentication credentials without having access to the network segment on which VRRP is running.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Arista NetworksEOS4.36.0 <= 4.36.1Faffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.35.0 <= 4.35.5Maffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.34.0 <= 4.34.7Maffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.33.0 <= 4.33.9Maffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-532: CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Workarounds

If the VRRP feature is not operationally required, disabling it removes the exposure. Otherwise, there is no mitigation or workaround available. Please note that disabling VRRP can lead to network outages if the primary router fails.

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