Arista EOS Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day Without Planned Patch
Hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in the Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS), which will not receive a patch. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-7473, affects Arista's high-performance switches used in data centers, cloud, and enterprise environments. The flaw arises from a failure to verify the tunnel protocol type in certain configurations, potentially allowing non-configured tunnel traffic to be processed. This issue impacts several Arista series products, including 7020R, 7280R/R2, and 7500R/R2. Arista has provided mitigation instructions but will not release a patch due to the risk of disrupting existing configurations. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, urging federal agencies to address it promptly.