# CVE-2026-114625: Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator SQL Injection


- **Severity:** Critical 9.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 23 Oct 2026 (CISA KEV)
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-964w-6mm5-rm95

## What is CVE-2026-114625?

CVE-2026-114625 is a critical vulnerability in Arista Networks VeloCloud Orchestrator, published on 22 Oct 2026. 

### Official description

VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) on-prem has a security issue where this issue may allow a remote attacker to access privileged internal functionality and impact the VCO host. Successful exploitation may compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the orchestrator and data managed by the orchestrator.

On an affected system, any authenticated user can gain operator privileges and masquerade as a local "superuser operator" user. This includes access to functionality that is intended for internal use only and which is not intended to be remotely accessible.

Hosted, including Dedicated, versions of VCO were impacted and have already been patched.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-114625?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Arista Velocloud Orchestrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-114625?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-114625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 26 Oct 2026.

## Is CVE-2026-114625 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2026-114625 in the wild since at least 23 Oct 2026.

Public exploit code:

- Offline Python detector for CVE-2026-114625 exposure in on-premises VeloCloud Orchestrator, with train-specific build checks and auditable reports. (github_poc): https://github.com/mehmet-emir-eroglu/CVE-2026-114625

## Other vulnerabilities in Arista Networks VeloCloud Orchestrator

- [CVE-2026-16812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16812/): Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator On-Prem OS Command Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-93952](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-93952/): Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Improper Input Validation (critical 9.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-3973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3973/): SQL injection in VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-114625 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-114625 is a critical vulnerability in Arista Networks VeloCloud Orchestrator, published on 22 Oct 2026. 
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2026-114625 in the wild since at least 23 Oct 2026.

Affected product: Arista Networks VeloCloud Orchestrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114625/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114625/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-114625
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114625
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-114625

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114625/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.