CVE-2024-9135 Memory corruption in EOS

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A memory leak in Arista EOS BGP Link State allows remote attackers to cause denial of service via BGP peer flaps.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-9135?

CVE-2024-9135 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Arista Networks EOS, published on 4 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with BGP Link State configured, BGP peer flap can cause the BGP agent to leak memory. This may result in BGP routing processing being terminated and route flapping.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9135?

How do I fix CVE-2024-9135?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9135 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-9135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wqvf-m58c-h7rw.

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