CVE-2026-102165

Security Advisory 0198

Published Oct 6, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
On affected Arista Wi-Fi access points, an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the capture service can send a crafted packet to cause the service to crash or potentially achieve remote code execution. This exploit requires an uncommonly used non-default streaming mode.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

CVE-2026-102165 has been fixed in the following releases: - 22.1.1F-61 and later release in the 22.x train - 21.4.0M-12 and later releases in the 21.x train


Vendor Workaround

When using Live Packet Capture, use "Upload to server" as the streaming option instead of "Wireshark on local machine".

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Arista
Arista wi-fi Access Points
Vendors & Products Arista
Arista wi-fi Access Points
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description On affected Arista Wi-Fi access points, an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the capture service can send a crafted packet to cause the service to crash or potentially achieve remote code execution. This exploit requires an uncommonly used non-default streaming mode.
Title Security Advisory 0198
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Arista
Published
Updated
Oct 6, 2026, 8:00 PM
Reserved
Sep 28, 2026, 5:45 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 6, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Oct 7, 2026, 1:38 PM