CVE-2026-120979

CVE-2026-120979CVE-2026-120979

Description

This vulnerability affects customers using Arista Pathfinder for WAN path selection with Border Gateway Protocol-Link State (BGP-LS) configured for Dynamic Path Selection (DPS). On affected platforms running Arista EOS with BGP-LS configured for DPS, an attacker who has established an authenticated BGP-LS session with the device can send a specially crafted BGP packet to cause incorrect WAN path selection and disrupt traffic forwarding.

Scoring

CVSS 8.1 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Last modified2026-11-10
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.