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Arista EOS EUVDEUVD-2026-80313

| CVE-2026-2380 MEDIUM
Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256)
2026-09-16 Arista GHSA-8wh7-8xq3-25wg
5.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: Arista
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Gain read access to EOS logs or accounting server
  2. Exploit
    Operator config via gNMI/RESTCONF logs secrets in plaintext
  3. Execution
    Harvest exposed TACACS keys and passwords
  4. Impact
    Reuse credentials for lateral movement

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Credential storage protection
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the EOS device run OpenConfig-related management services - gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF, or NETCONF - AND that sensitive data (CLI secrets like 'username X secret ...' or sensitive YANG leafs such as system/aaa/global/tacacs/config/secret-key) be transacted through them. The limiting factor is access: the leaked secrets land in local EOS logs or on remote accounting/AAA servers, so realizing harm requires read access to those logging/accounting sinks. Per the CVSS vector, triggering requires an authenticated actor (PR:L) and a user interaction (UI:P); gRPC-based Streaming Telemetry to CloudVision is explicitly NOT affected. Devices not running OpenConfig services or not transmitting secrets through them are not exposed.

Impact

This is a genuinely moderate, disclosure-only issue rather than a critical one, and the signals are internally consistent. The vendor CVSS 4.0 score of 5.1 reflects a credential-leak-to-logs weakness (CWE-256): all vulnerable-system impacts are None (VC:N/VI:N/VA:N) while only the subsequent-system metrics register Low (SC:L/SI:L/SA:L), because the harm is that secrets flow to downstream logging/accounting stores, not to EOS itself. PR:L and UI:P confirm the trigger requires an authenticated operator interaction, which sharply limits an external attacker. No EPSS score, no KEV listing, and no POC were provided; combined with Arista's statement that it was found internally with no observed malicious exploitation, this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The main caveat is scope of impact: the true risk is not a remote attacker directly, but that privileged secrets (TACACS keys, user passwords) become readable by anyone with access to local device logs or remote accounting/AAA servers - a lateral/insider exposure that raises the effective blast radius if those log stores are broadly accessible. Prioritize as medium: patch and rotate exposed credentials, but this is not an urgent remote-code or drive-by threat.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An operator issues configuration via gNMI/gNSI/RESTCONF/NETCONF containing secrets (e.g., 'username bob secret myPass' or a TACACS secret-key leaf), and EOS records the full request/response into local logs or forwards it to a remote accounting server. An attacker or insider with read access to those logs or the accounting/AAA server later harvests the plaintext credentials and reuses them for lateral movement. No public POC exists; exploitation depends on access to the logging sinks rather than a network-facing exploit primitive.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 16, 2026

Arista EOS devices that run OpenConfig-based management services (gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF, NETCONF) can inadvertently write sensitive request and response payloads into logs that persist on the local switch or are forwarded to remote accounting/AAA servers. The leaked material includes plaintext CLI secrets such as 'username bob secret myPass' and sensitive OpenConfig YANG leafs like system/aaa/global/tacacs/config/secret-key, so the exposure is a credential/secret disclosure problem rather than an integrity or availability issue. Exploitation requires that those services be enabled, that secrets actually transit them, and that an attacker obtain read access to the resulting log or accounting sinks; triggering also requires an authenticated actor (PR:L) and some user interaction (UI:P) per the assessed vector. The issue was found internally by Arista, which states it has no evidence of malicious exploitation in customer networks, and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. gRPC-based streaming telemetry from the Streaming Telemetry Agent to CloudVision is explicitly not affected.

RemediationAI

Apply the fixed EOS release identified in Arista Security Advisory 0168 (https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/24724-security-advisory-0168); the available data does not enumerate a specific patched version number, so treat that advisory as the authoritative source and confirm the target release with Arista before scheduling the upgrade. Where an immediate upgrade is not possible, reduce the attack surface in three steps with their trade-offs understood: first, disable OpenConfig services that are not operationally required (gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF and NETCONF) on affected devices - this removes the leak channel entirely but will break automation, streaming/gNMI collectors and programmatic configuration pipelines that depend on them; second, stop transacting long-lived secrets through those services, for example by avoiding CLI-style commands containing 'secret'/'password' values and instead configuring authentication material via the local CLI or a secured configuration path, accepting that this defeats some automation use cases; third, tighten read access to the sinks where the leaked data lands - restrict who can read local EOS logging buffers and any remote accounting/AAA or syslog collectors receiving EOS records - which limits who can turn the leaked values into credentials but adds operational friction for troubleshooting and audit staff and does not remove data already stored. Because the leaked values are plaintext credentials (CWE-256), rotate any CLI secrets, TACACS/RADIUS secret keys or similar sensitive YANG values that are known to have traversed these services and purge or restrict the corresponding historical log and accounting records; no public exploit code has been identified, and Arista reports no known malicious exploitation, so remediation can be risk-ranked and scheduled rather than treated as an emergency.

Affected VersionsENISA

EOS 4.36.0F ≤4.36.1F
EOS 4.33.0F <4.34.0F
EOS 4.34.0F <4.35.0F
EOS 4.35.0F <4.36.0F
EOS 0 <4.33.0F

Affected Packages

euvd eos fix: 4.33.0F, 4.34.0F, 4.35.0F, 4.36.0F

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-256, Plaintext Storage of a Password: EOS management services built on the OpenConfig model - gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF and NETCONF - serialize request and response bodies in ways that can be captured by the device's logging subsystem, so values that should never be persisted (CLI credential strings, TACACS/RADIUS secret keys, other sensitive YANG leafs) get written verbatim to local logs or relayed to remote accounting/AAA collectors. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:arista_networks:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, i.e. the EOS image itself with no version narrowing in the data, so the practical exposure boundary is defined by configuration rather than by a single release: the device must be running at least one of the OpenConfig-related services and must be transacting sensitive data through it. The assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N) is instructive: with VC:N and SC:L/SI:L/SA:L, the model treats the log store or remote accounting server as a subsequent system that suffers limited confidentiality impact, not the EOS device directly. The gRPC streaming-telemetry path to CloudVision uses a different pipeline and is out of scope, which means environments whose only OpenConfig exposure is telemetry to CloudVision are not affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Arista) PRIMARY 5.1 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
vuln.today AI 4.1 MEDIUM

Authenticated operator interaction (PR:L/UI:R) causes secrets to be logged to downstream stores (S:C), a confidentiality-only credential exposure (C:L) with no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Arista).

CVSS VectorVendor: Arista

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
Low
Subsequent system: Integrity
Low
Subsequent system: Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch available
Sep 16, 2026 - 10:02 EUVD
Severity Changed
Sep 16, 2026 - 09:22 NVD
HIGH MEDIUM
CVSS changed
Sep 16, 2026 - 09:22 NVD
7.4 (HIGH) 5.1 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Sep 16, 2026 - 08:48 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.1

DescriptionCVE.org

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with OpenConfig-related services (i.e., gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF and NETCONF), sensitive requests and responses may be unintentionally logged. These may be stored on the local EOS device or recorded on remote accounting servers. Note that gRPC-based streaming via Streaming Telemetry Agent to CloudVision is not affected by this vulnerability.

Examples of sensitive information include:

  • Sensitive CLI commands (e.g., "username bob secret myPass")
  • Sensitive OpenConfig YANG leafs (e.g., "system/aaa/global/tacacs/config/secret-key")

This issue was discovered internally by Arista, and the company is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability in customer networks.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Arista EOS is widely deployed on enterprise and data-center network switches
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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