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CVE-2026-73445 (GCVE-0-2026-73445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 08:58 – Updated: 2026-09-16 17:35
VLAI
Title
Security Advisory 0167
Summary
On affected platforms running Arista EOS, an issue with the gRPC Network Security Interface (gNSI) Authz Rotate RPC may cause an incorrect Authz policy which was uploaded in the ongoing RPC stream to become active. This does not affect Bootz. This issue was discovered internally by Arista and the company is not aware of any malicious uses of this issue in customer networks.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-16 17:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Arista Networks EOS Affected: 4.36.0F , ≤ 4.36.0.1F (custom)
Affected: 4.35.0F , ≤ 4.35.5M (custom)
Affected: 4.34.0F , ≤ 4.34.7M (custom)
Affected: 4.33.0F , ≤ 4.33.8M (custom)
Affected: 4.32.0F , < 4.33.0F (custom)
Affected: 4.31.0F , < 4.32.0F (custom)
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                  "value": "\u003cp\u003eIn order to be vulnerable to CVE-2026-73445, gNSI Authz must be configured on an OpenConfig gRPC transport:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre\u003eswitch#show man api gnsi\nTransport: default\nTransport enabled: yes\nServer: running on port 6030, in default VRF\n\nAcctz enabled: no\nAttestz enabled: no\nAuthz enabled: yes\nCertz enabled: no\nCredentialz enabled: no\nEnrollz enabled: no\nPathz enabled: no\u003c/pre\u003e"
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                  "value": "\u003cp\u003eOn affected platforms running Arista EOS, an issue with the gRPC Network Security Interface (gNSI) Authz Rotate RPC may cause an incorrect Authz policy which was uploaded in the ongoing RPC stream to become active. This does not affect Bootz.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis issue was discovered internally by Arista and the company is not aware of any malicious uses of this issue in customer networks.\u003c/p\u003e"
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            "dateUpdated": "2026-09-16T10:13:37.145Z",
            "orgId": "c8b34d1a-69ae-45c3-88fe-f3b3d44f39b7",
            "shortName": "Arista"
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                "vendor-advisory"
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                  "value": "\u003cp\u003e1. Include exactly one UploadRequest in a gNSI Authz Rotate request.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Use a gNSI Authz policy that restricts gNSI Authz use to only those who strictly need it. Below is an example policy that only allows user \u0026quot;Neo\u0026quot; to rotate Authz policies:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre\u003e{\n   \"name\":\"restrict-authz-policy\",\n   \"allow_rules\":[\n      {\n         \"name\":\"neoallow\",\n         \"request\":{\n            \"paths\":[\n               \"/gnsi.authz.v1.Authz/Rotate\"\n            ],\n            \"headers\":[\n               {\n                  \"key\":\"username\",\n                  \"values\":[\n                     \"Neo\"\n                  ]\n               }\n            ]\n         }\n      },\n      {\n         \"name\":\"allow-gnmi\",\n         \"request\":{\n            \"paths\":[\n               \"/gnmi.gNMI/*\"\n            ]\n         }\n      },\n      {\n         \"name\":\"allow-gnoi\",\n         \"request\":{\n            \"paths\":[\n               \"/gnoi.*\"\n            ]\n         }\n      }\n   ]\n}\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeally, this policy would be uploaded via a gNSI client for correct version and created-on metadata handling. However, the policy can also be written directly to the active policy file:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cpre\u003eswitch#bash timeout 100 echo \"{\\\"name\\\":\\\"restrict-authz-policy\\\",\\\"allow_rules\\\":[{\\\"name\\\":\\\"neoallow\\\",\\\"request\\\":{\\\"paths\\\":[\\\"\\/gnsi.authz.v1.Authz\\/Rotate\\\"],\\\"headers\\\":[{\\\"key\\\":\\\"username\\\",\\\"values\\\":[\\\"Neo\\\"]}]}},{\\\"name\\\":\\\"allow-gnmi\\\",\\\"request\\\":{\\\"paths\\\":[\\\"\\/gnmi.gNMI\\/*\\\"]}},{\\\"name\\\":\\\"allow-gnoi\\\",\\\"request\\\":{\\\"paths\\\":[\\\"\\/gnoi.*\\\"]}}]}\" | sudo tee /persist/sys/gnsi/authz/policy.json \u0026amp;\u0026amp; sleep 11\u003c/pre\u003e"
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