Description
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping configured (enabled by default on all VLANs), a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker can send malformed network packets on an affected VLAN to cause the IGMP snooping agent to terminate unexpectedly. This results in a temporary disruption of multicast traffic management, which may cause multicast traffic to be flooded to all ports of the affected VLAN until the service recovers. Repeated exploitation could result in a prolonged loss of intended multicast forwarding behavior.
Published: 2026-09-16
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. CVE-2026-73462 has been fixed in the following releases: * 4.36.2F and later releases in the 4.36.x train * 4.35.6M and later releases in the 4.35.x train * 4.34.8M and later releases in the 4.34.x train * 4.33.9M and later releases in the 4.33.x train


Vendor Workaround

There is no mitigation or workaround available. Disabling IGMP snooping will NOT mitigate the issue.

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History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description On affected platforms running Arista EOS with IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping configured (enabled by default on all VLANs), a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker can send malformed network packets on an affected VLAN to cause the IGMP snooping agent to terminate unexpectedly. This results in a temporary disruption of multicast traffic management, which may cause multicast traffic to be flooded to all ports of the affected VLAN until the service recovers. Repeated exploitation could result in a prolonged loss of intended multicast forwarding behavior.
Title On affected platforms running Arista EOS with IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping configured (enabled by default on all VLANs), a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker can send malformed network packets on an affected VLAN to cause the I
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arista

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T19:01:21.043Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T16:45:03.511Z

Link: CVE-2026-73462

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-16T19:17:32.630

Modified: 2026-09-16T20:36:36.960

Link: CVE-2026-73462

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Weaknesses