{"id":"CVE-2026-73449","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-73449","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:55:13.810Z","title":"On affected platforms running Arista EOS with both 802.1X port authentication and the RADIUS proxy feature configured with dynamic authorization, a low-privileged attacker on an adjacent network segment who induces a RADIUS packet through a configured…","description":"On affected platforms running Arista EOS with both 802.1X port authentication and the RADIUS proxy feature configured with dynamic authorization, a low-privileged attacker on an adjacent network segment who induces a RADIUS packet through a configured RADIUS proxy client can prevent RADIUS dynamic authorization messages, including Change-of-Authorization (CoA) and Disconnect-Requests as defined in RFC 5176, from being applied to locally authenticated 802.1X sessions.\nThis allows an endpoint session that a RADIUS server or network access control system has ordered disconnected to remain authorized on the network.\nBoth 802.1X port authentication with dynamic authorization and RADIUS proxy with dynamic authorization must be explicitly configured for a deployment to be exposed to this issue.\nThis issue was discovered internally by Arista, and the company is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability in customer networks.","published":"2026-09-14T22:16:58.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-16T19:08:50.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@arista.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-290"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00239,"percentile":0.14819,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/24705-security-advisory-0149","source":"psirt@arista.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73449","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."}