CVE-2026-73458

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with authenticated Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) sessions configured, a specially crafted packet can cause the BFD session(s) to go down. This may result in undesirable network changes because various routing protocols monitor status on BFD session(s).

  • Published Sep 15, 2026
  • CVSS 9.2 critical
  • 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)

Affected software

CVE-2026-73458 at the National Vulnerability Database