MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 6.5Vulnerability

CVE-2026-120978

On affected Arista EOS platforms running Border Gateway Protocol with Link State ( BGP-LS) and configured with the Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) consumer role, an attacker who has established an authenticated BGP-LS session with the device can send a crafted message to cause the BGP agent to restart unexpectedly. An Arista Pathfinder deployment is not required.

Properties

Severity
MEDIUM
Nvd fetched at
2026-11-10T23:33:48.924589+00:00
Cvss severity
MEDIUM
Cvss score
6.5
Retrieved at
2026-11-10T23:34:23+00:00
Score
6.5
Cvss version
3.1
Last source
NVD
Cve id
CVE-2026-120978
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
First seen by Signal
2026-11-10T23:31:41+00:00
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published at
2026-11-10T20:18:52.940
Last modified
2026-11-10T20:18:52.940

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