On affected EOS platforms with AAA-based gRPC authorization enabled for OpenConfig, gRPC requests of an authenticated user to OpenConfig may use the wrong privilege level, resulting in an authorization using the wrong AAA method list. This does not impact non-gRPC OpenConfig requests such as NETCONF.

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Solution

The following EOS releases contain the fix for this vulnerability: - 4.33.9M and later releases in the 4.33.x train - 4.34.8M and later releases in the 4.34.x train - 4.35.6M and later releases in the 4.35.x train - 4.36.1F and later releases in the 4.36.x train No hotfix is available for this vulnerability.


Workaround

Ensure that the privilege level 0 AAA authorization method list includes methods beyond 'none' to prevent unintended access escalation: aaa authorization exec default local group tacacs+ aaa authorization commands 0 default local group tacacs+ To detect potential exploitation, enable AAA accounting and monitor logs for cases where a user's privilege level in gRPC requests does not match their defined privilege level (e.g., a user with privilege 9 appearing as priv-lvl=0 in gRPC requests).

History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Description On affected EOS platforms with AAA-based gRPC authorization enabled for OpenConfig, gRPC requests of an authenticated user to OpenConfig may use the wrong privilege level, resulting in an authorization using the wrong AAA method list. This does not impact non-gRPC OpenConfig requests such as NETCONF.
Title Security Advisory 0163
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arista

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T08:01:20.911Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-73461

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-16T09:17:05.147

Modified: 2026-09-16T09:17:05.147

Link: CVE-2026-73461

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