CVE-2026-73461

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Arista NetworksEOS4.29.0F < 4.30.0Faffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.30.0F < 4.31.0Faffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.31.0F < 4.32.0Faffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.32.0F <= 4.32.11Maffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.33.0F <= 4.33.8Maffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.34.0F <= 4.34.7Maffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.35.0F <= 4.35.5Maffected
Arista NetworksEOS4.36.0F <= 4.36.0.1Faffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-266: CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Workarounds

Ensure that the privilege level 0 AAA authorization method list includes methods beyond 'none' to prevent unintended access escalation:

aaa authorization exec default local group tacacs+ aaa authorization commands 0 default local group tacacs+

To detect potential exploitation, enable AAA accounting and monitor logs for cases where a user's privilege level in gRPC requests does not match their defined privilege level (e.g., a user with privilege 9 appearing as priv-lvl=0 in gRPC requests).

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References