Security Advisory 0162 - gNSI Certz/Bootz OS Command Injection via Crafted Rotate Request
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
A privileged attacker can exploit certain operation to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges, leading to full device compromise. An authenticated user can exploit gRPC Network Security Interface (gNSI) Certz service on Arista EOS-based products to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted Certz Rotate request. The Bootz service is also affected.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arista | EOS | 4.30.2F to before 4.31.0F; 4.31.0F to before 4.32.0F; 4.32.0F to before 4.33.0F; 4.33.0F – 4.33.8M; 4.34.0F – 4.34.7M; 4.35.0F – 4.35.5M; 4.36.0F – 4.36.0.1F | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- EOS VendorArista Affected 4.30.2F to before 4.31.0F; 4.31.0F to before 4.32.0F; 4.32.0F to before 4.33.0F; 4.33.0F – 4.33.8M; 4.34.0F – 4.34.7M; 4.35.0F – 4.35.5M; 4.36.0F – 4.36.0.1F Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Arista Networks EOS 4.31.0F, 4.32.0F, 4.33.0F
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-51569 Command injection in Arista EOSPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-73447
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-669f-m4vm-pcm2
References
Advisory 1
More Arista vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-79524 Privilege escalation in Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator on-premises KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-63212 Improper input validation in Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator On-Prem KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
- TI-2026-13992 VeloCloud Orchestrator OS Command Injection KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-73447 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-73447 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-669f-m4vm-pcm2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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