CVE-2026-2380: CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password in Arista Networks EOS
CVE-2026-2380 is a vulnerability in Arista Networks EOS affecting versions prior to 4.36.2F. It causes sensitive requests and responses related to OpenConfig services (gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF, NETCONF) to be unintentionally logged, potentially exposing plaintext passwords and secrets on local devices or remote accounting servers. The vulnerability does not affect gRPC-based streaming via the Streaming Telemetry Agent to CloudVision. Arista discovered this issue internally and is not aware of any exploitation in the wild.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
On Arista EOS platforms running OpenConfig-related services, sensitive information such as CLI commands containing passwords and OpenConfig YANG leaf secrets may be logged in plaintext. This includes commands like "username bob secret myPass" and configuration data such as "system/aaa/global/tacacs/config/secret-key". These logs may reside locally on the device or on remote accounting servers. The vulnerability affects EOS versions from initial releases up to and including 4.36.1F. The issue was internally discovered by Arista with no known active exploitation. gRPC-based streaming telemetry to CloudVision is not impacted.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can lead to unintended exposure of sensitive credentials and secrets through logs stored locally or remotely, which could be accessed by unauthorized parties with access to these logs. This exposure could compromise confidentiality and potentially integrity and availability due to the CVSS vector indicating partial impact on all three. However, no known exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is documented in the provided data. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict access to logs and accounting servers to trusted personnel only and avoid logging sensitive commands or configuration changes if possible.
CVE-2026-2380: CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password in Arista Networks EOS
Description
CVE-2026-2380 is a vulnerability in Arista Networks EOS affecting versions prior to 4.36.2F. It causes sensitive requests and responses related to OpenConfig services (gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF, NETCONF) to be unintentionally logged, potentially exposing plaintext passwords and secrets on local devices or remote accounting servers. The vulnerability does not affect gRPC-based streaming via the Streaming Telemetry Agent to CloudVision. Arista discovered this issue internally and is not aware of any exploitation in the wild.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.4high
Affected software
Arista Networks
EOS
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Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
On Arista EOS platforms running OpenConfig-related services, sensitive information such as CLI commands containing passwords and OpenConfig YANG leaf secrets may be logged in plaintext. This includes commands like "username bob secret myPass" and configuration data such as "system/aaa/global/tacacs/config/secret-key". These logs may reside locally on the device or on remote accounting servers. The vulnerability affects EOS versions from initial releases up to and including 4.36.1F. The issue was internally discovered by Arista with no known active exploitation. gRPC-based streaming telemetry to CloudVision is not impacted.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can lead to unintended exposure of sensitive credentials and secrets through logs stored locally or remotely, which could be accessed by unauthorized parties with access to these logs. This exposure could compromise confidentiality and potentially integrity and availability due to the CVSS vector indicating partial impact on all three. However, no known exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is documented in the provided data. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict access to logs and accounting servers to trusted personnel only and avoid logging sensitive commands or configuration changes if possible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Arista
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-11T21:25:18.920Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaa5b1d55bf5e2cf544a008
Added to database: 09/16/2026, 09:02:21 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 09:16:30 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 09:21:34 UTC
Views: 4
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