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      "category": "vendor",
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      "name": "Arista PSIRT",
      "namespace": "https://www.arista.com"
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      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "Security advisory 165 canonical URL",
        "url": "https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/24721-security-advisory-0165"
      }
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    "title": "Security Advisory 165",
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      "current_release_date": "2026-09-17T11:48:16Z",
      "generator": {
        "engine": {
          "name": "Arista Networks SecEng Service CSAF Generator"
        }
      },
      "id": "Arista Networks Security Advisory 165",
      "initial_release_date": "2026-09-17T11:48:16Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2026-09-17T11:48:16Z",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "Document created"
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      "status": "interim",
      "version": "1"
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                    "name": "EOS version 4.34.8",
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                  {
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                      "name": "EOS version 4.30.1",
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                  {
                    "category": "product_version",
                    "name": "EOS version 4.35.6",
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                      "name": "EOS version 4.35.6",
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                  {
                    "category": "product_version",
                    "name": "EOS version 4.34.7.1",
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                      "name": "EOS version 4.34.7.1",
                      "product_id": "CSAFPID-4"
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                  },
                  {
                    "category": "product_version",
                    "name": "EOS version 4.33.9",
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                      "name": "EOS version 4.33.9",
                      "product_id": "CSAFPID-5"
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                  {
                    "category": "product_version",
                    "name": "EOS version 4.36.1",
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                      "name": "EOS version 4.36.1",
                      "product_id": "CSAFPID-6"
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            "category": "product_family",
            "name": "Software Products"
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        "category": "vendor",
        "name": "Arista Networks, Inc."
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    {
      "cve": "CVE-2026-73454",
      "id": {
        "system_name": "Arista Bug ID",
        "text": "1602633"
      },
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        {
          "category": "description",
          "text": "On affected platforms running Arista EOS with gRPC Network Security Interface (gNSI) Credentialz configured, a specially crafted request can cause unintended modifications to the target account's properties. This may result in the account being assigned elevated privileges or access beyond what an administrator intended.",
          "title": "CVE Description"
        },
        {
          "category": "other",
          "text": "In order to be vulnerable to CVE-2026-73454, the following condition must be met:\n\ngNSI Credentialz must be enabled (Note: gNSI Credentialz is disabled by default):\n\nIf Credentialz is not enabled there is no exposure to this issue and the message will look something like:",
          "title": "1602633: Required Config for Exploitation"
        }
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          "CSAFPID-7"
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        "fixed": [
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          "CSAFPID-1",
          "CSAFPID-4",
          "CSAFPID-5",
          "CSAFPID-6"
        ]
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      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "MITRE",
          "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-73454"
        }
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      "remediations": [
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          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Fixed in EOS version 4.33.9",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Fixed in EOS version 4.34.7.1",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-4"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Fixed in EOS version 4.34.8",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Fixed in EOS version 4.35.6",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-1"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Fixed in EOS version 4.36.1",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-6"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "none_available",
          "details": "Not fixed in EOS version 4.30.1",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-7"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "The workaround is to disable gNSI Credentialz service. Note: Disabling Credentialz prevents gNSI-based credential rotation (SSH keys, passwords, host parameters) but does not affect traditional EOS CLI credential management. Credentialz is not enabled by default."
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
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            "baseScore": 8.1,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "products": [
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            "CSAFPID-0",
            "CSAFPID-7",
            "CSAFPID-4",
            "CSAFPID-5",
            "CSAFPID-1"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2026-73454"
    }
  ]
}