CVE-2026-7473: Arista Extensible Operating System Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS) contains an incomplete comparison with missing factors vulnerability when the switch incorrectly decapsulate and forwards other unexpected tunneled packet with a destination IP matching its configured decapsulation IP.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability involves an incomplete comparison that allows the switch to incorrectly handle unexpected tunneled packets.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Arista Extensible Operating System that utilize the affected functionality.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of Arista EOS to mitigate the vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7473
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2026-7473Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 53% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-7473 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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