6.9
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-7473
Arista EOS Unexpected Tunnel Protocol Decapsulation and Forwarding Bypass
Description

On affected platforms running Arista EOS where a tunnel decapsulation configuration—such as VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN), decap-groups, or a GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel interface—is present, the switch will incorrectly decapsulate and forward other unexpected tunneled packet with a destination IP matching its configured decapsulation IP. This occurs because the switch does not verify the tunnel protocol type, potentially leading to the unexpected processing of non-configured tunnel traffic. This issue has been reported as being exploited in the wild.

INFO

Published Date :

June 5, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 5, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-7473 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Arista_networks eos
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM c8b34d1a-69ae-45c3-88fe-f3b3d44f39b7
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM c8b34d1a-69ae-45c3-88fe-f3b3d44f39b7
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Arista EOS to a fixed version to properly validate tunnel protocol types.
  • Update Arista EOS to a fixed version.
  • Verify tunnel configuration and protocols.
  • Monitor network traffic for unexpected tunnels.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/22872-security-advisory-0137
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 05, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description On affected platforms running Arista EOS where a tunnel decapsulation configuration—such as VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN), decap-groups, or a GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel interface—is present, the switch will incorrectly decapsulate and forward other unexpected tunneled packet with a destination IP matching its configured decapsulation IP. This occurs because the switch does not verify the tunnel protocol type, potentially leading to the unexpected processing of non-configured tunnel traffic. This issue has been reported as being exploited in the wild.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-1023
    Added Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/22872-security-advisory-0137
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.