CVE-2026-121368

Security Advisory 0206

Published Nov 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.9 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) configured to use keyed MD5 or keyed SHA1 authentication, an unauthenticated attacker with network adjacency (direct or multi-hop) to a BFD-enabled interface can send a specially crafted BFD packet resulting in a system reboot.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Arista Networks

EOS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.36.0F`	affected	≤ 4.36.2F
`4.35.0F`	affected	≤ 4.35.6M
`4.34.0F`	affected	≤ 4.34.8M
`4.33.0F`	affected	≤ 4.33.10M
`4.32.0F`	affected	< 4.33.0F
`1.0.0`	affected	< 4.32.0F

No data.

Vendor Product Versions

Arista

Eos

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[4.36.0F,4.36.2F]`	affected	generic	['710_series', '720d_series', '720xp/722xpm_series', '750x_series', '7010tx_series', '7020r/r4_series', '7130_series_running_eos', '7170_series', '7050x3/x4_series', '7060x/x2/x4/x5/x6/xe7_series', '7260x/x3_series', '7280r/r2/r3/r4_series', '7300x/x3_series', '7320x_series', '7358x4_series', '7368x4_series', '7388x5_series', '7500r/r2/r3_series', '7800r3/r4_series', '7700r4_series', 'awe_5000_series', 'awe_7200r_series', 'ztx-7200_series', 'cloudeos', 'ceos-lab', 'veos-lab', 'cloudvision_exchange,_virtual_or_physical_appliance']
`[4.35.0F,4.35.6M]`	affected	generic	['710_series', '720d_series', '720xp/722xpm_series', '750x_series', '7010tx_series', '7020r/r4_series', '7130_series_running_eos', '7170_series', '7050x3/x4_series', '7060x/x2/x4/x5/x6/xe7_series', '7260x/x3_series', '7280r/r2/r3/r4_series', '7300x/x3_series', '7320x_series', '7358x4_series', '7368x4_series', '7388x5_series', '7500r/r2/r3_series', '7800r3/r4_series', '7700r4_series', 'awe_5000_series', 'awe_7200r_series', 'ztx-7200_series', 'cloudeos', 'ceos-lab', 'veos-lab', 'cloudvision_exchange,_virtual_or_physical_appliance']
`[4.34.0F,4.34.8M]`	affected	generic	['710_series', '720d_series', '720xp/722xpm_series', '750x_series', '7010tx_series', '7020r/r4_series', '7130_series_running_eos', '7170_series', '7050x3/x4_series', '7060x/x2/x4/x5/x6/xe7_series', '7260x/x3_series', '7280r/r2/r3/r4_series', '7300x/x3_series', '7320x_series', '7358x4_series', '7368x4_series', '7388x5_series', '7500r/r2/r3_series', '7800r3/r4_series', '7700r4_series', 'awe_5000_series', 'awe_7200r_series', 'ztx-7200_series', 'cloudeos', 'ceos-lab', 'veos-lab', 'cloudvision_exchange,_virtual_or_physical_appliance']
`[4.33.0F,4.33.10M]`	affected	generic	['710_series', '720d_series', '720xp/722xpm_series', '750x_series', '7010tx_series', '7020r/r4_series', '7130_series_running_eos', '7170_series', '7050x3/x4_series', '7060x/x2/x4/x5/x6/xe7_series', '7260x/x3_series', '7280r/r2/r3/r4_series', '7300x/x3_series', '7320x_series', '7358x4_series', '7368x4_series', '7388x5_series', '7500r/r2/r3_series', '7800r3/r4_series', '7700r4_series', 'awe_5000_series', 'awe_7200r_series', 'ztx-7200_series', 'cloudeos', 'ceos-lab', 'veos-lab', 'cloudvision_exchange,_virtual_or_physical_appliance']
`[4.32.0F,4.33.0F)`	affected	generic	['710_series', '720d_series', '720xp/722xpm_series', '750x_series', '7010tx_series', '7020r/r4_series', '7130_series_running_eos', '7170_series', '7050x3/x4_series', '7060x/x2/x4/x5/x6/xe7_series', '7260x/x3_series', '7280r/r2/r3/r4_series', '7300x/x3_series', '7320x_series', '7358x4_series', '7368x4_series', '7388x5_series', '7500r/r2/r3_series', '7800r3/r4_series', '7700r4_series', 'awe_5000_series', 'awe_7200r_series', 'ztx-7200_series', 'cloudeos', 'ceos-lab', 'veos-lab', 'cloudvision_exchange,_virtual_or_physical_appliance']
`[1.0.0,4.32.0F)`	affected	generic	['710_series', '720d_series', '720xp/722xpm_series', '750x_series', '7010tx_series', '7020r/r4_series', '7130_series_running_eos', '7170_series', '7050x3/x4_series', '7060x/x2/x4/x5/x6/xe7_series', '7260x/x3_series', '7280r/r2/r3/r4_series', '7300x/x3_series', '7320x_series', '7358x4_series', '7368x4_series', '7388x5_series', '7500r/r2/r3_series', '7800r3/r4_series', '7700r4_series', 'awe_5000_series', 'awe_7200r_series', 'ztx-7200_series', 'cloudeos', 'ceos-lab', 'veos-lab', 'cloudvision_exchange,_virtual_or_physical_appliance']

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.536% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/25028-security-advisory-0206

History

Nov 12, 2026 4:15 PM First appearance in the feed. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Arista Arista eos
Vendors & Products		Arista Arista eos

Nov 10, 2026 8:15 PM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		On affected platforms running Arista EOS with Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) configured to use keyed MD5 or keyed SHA1 authentication, an unauthenticated attacker with network adjacency (direct or multi-hop) to a BFD-enabled interface can send a specially crafted BFD packet resulting in a system reboot.
Title		Security Advisory 0206
Weaknesses		CWE-787
References		https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/25028-security-advisory-0206
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}`