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CVE-2026-73436 (GCVE-0-2026-73436)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 09:19 – Updated: 2026-09-16 10:13
VLAI
Title
Security Advisory 0171
Summary
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with OSPFv2 and OSPFv2 segment routing configured, a specially crafted OSPFv2 packet from an adjacent OSPF neighbor may cause OSPF to restart unexpectedly.
CWE
  • CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
  • CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Arista Networks EOS Affected: 4.36.0F , ≤ 4.36.1F (custom)
Affected: 4.35.0F , ≤ 4.35.5M (custom)
Affected: 4.34.0F , ≤ 4.34.7.1M (custom)
Affected: 4.33.0F , ≤ 4.33.9M (custom)
Affected: 1.0.0 , < 4.33.0F (custom)
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