{"id":"CVE-2026-19641","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-19641","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:16:53.966Z","title":"This issue was discovered internally by Arista, and the company is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability in customer networks.","description":"On affected platforms running Arista EOS with password authentication configured, a specially crafted password can create orphan authentication sessions. Repeated exploitation of this issue can exhaust available authentication resources, resulting in legitimate users being unable to log in to the device.\n\nThis issue was discovered internally by Arista, and the company is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability in customer networks.","published":"2026-09-15T19:17:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-16T19:08:50.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@arista.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-116"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00474,"percentile":0.40778,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/24708-security-advisory-0152","source":"psirt@arista.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19641","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}