CVE-2026-73439

Security Advisory 0164

Published Sep 16, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, if OpenConfig is configured and running a gNMI server on the system, and if gNSI Pathz is configured and a gNSI Pathz policy is present on the system, then gNMI may fail to correctly enforce the rules in this policy if both a group rule and a user rule for the same path is present in the policy. Under certain conditions, this can lead to an authenticated user gaining unauthorized permission to read or write gNMI paths that the Pathz policy is intended to restrict.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following EOS releases contain the fix for this vulnerability: - 4.33.9M and later releases in the 4.33.x train - 4.34.7M and later releases in the 4.34.x train - 4.35.6M and later releases in the 4.35.x train - 4.36.1F and later releases in the 4.36.x train No hotfix is available for this vulnerability.


Vendor Workaround

Option 1: Disable gNSI Pathz entirely: switch#configure switch(config)#management api gnsi switch(config-mgmt-api-gnsi)#no service pathz Option 2: Push a new gNSI Pathz policy that does not contain any group rules, using only user-principal rules. To push a new policy via grpcurl: grpcurl -protoset ./pathz.proto.pb -H 'username:$USER' -v -d @ -plaintext $TARGET:$PORT gnsi.pathz.v1.Pathz/Rotate << EOF { "upload_request": { "version": "<version>", "created_on": <timestamp>, "policy": <policy> } } { "finalize_rotation": {} } EOF Ensure all rules in the policy use "user" as the principal rather than "group" to avoid triggering this vulnerability.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Arista
Arista eos
Vendors & Products Arista
Arista eos
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 platforms running Arista EOS, if OpenConfig is configured and running a gNMI server on the system, and if gNSI Pathz is configured and a gNSI Pathz policy is present on the system, then gNMI may fail to correctly enforce the rules in this policy if both a group rule and a user rule for the same path is present in the policy. Under certain conditions, this can lead to an authenticated user gaining unauthorized permission to read or write gNMI paths that the Pathz policy is intended to restrict.
Title Security Advisory 0164
Weaknesses CWE-842
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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

cvssV4_0

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Arista
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 3:56 AM
Reserved
Aug 12, 2026, 4:39 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 16, 2026, 9:17 AM
Modified
Sep 17, 2026, 4:17 AM