CVE-2026-7473
Actively exploited. CVE-2026-7473 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-06-09) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2026-7473 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 53% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2026-7473 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2026-7473: Arista Extensible Operating System Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-06-09
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