On affected platforms running Arista EOS with IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping configured (enabled by default on all VLANs), a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker can send malformed network packets on an affected VLAN to cause the I
Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping configured (enabled by default on all VLANs), a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker can send malformed network packets on an affected VLAN to cause the IGMP snooping agent to terminate unexpectedly. This results in a temporary disruption of multicast traffic management, which may cause multicast traffic to be flooded to all ports of the affected VLAN until the service recovers. Repeated exploitation could result in a prolonged loss of intended multicast forwarding behavior.
Summary
What happened
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping configured (enabled by default on all VLANs), a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker can send malformed network packets on an affected VLAN to cause the IGMP snooping agent to terminate unexpectedly. This results in a temporary disruption of multicast traffic management, which may cause multicast traffic to be flooded to all ports of the affected VLAN until the service recovers. Repeated exploitation could result in a prolonged loss of intended multicast forwarding behavior.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-73462
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2026
- Vendor
- Arista Networks
- Product
- Arista EOS
- Classifications
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- Attack vector
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- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.33.0 <=4.33.8M changes=[{"at":"4.33.9M","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=4.34.0 <=4.34.7.1M changes=[{"at":"4.34.8M","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=4.35.0 <=4.35.5M changes=[{"at":"4.35.6M","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=4.36.0 <=4.36.1F changes=[{"at":"4.36.2F","status":"unaffected"}]
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