# CVE-2026-73440: Security Advisory 0178

> Authenticated users can expose SNMPv3 credentials from configurations, enabling unauthorized SNMP table reads and fraudulent trap notifications on Arista EOS devices.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jr73-xp57-w3rh

## What is CVE-2026-73440?

CVE-2026-73440 is a low-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks EOS, published on 16 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) configured, SNMPv3 local or remote user credentials may be exposed as a one-way hashed, localized key value within the device's running and sanitized configurations. An authenticated user who gains access to this sensitive information could leverage it to perform unauthorized read operations on SNMP tables or to send fraudulent trap notifications to the Network Management System (NMS).

This issue was discovered internally by Arista, and the company is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability in customer networks.

Weakness: CWE-212 (Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73440?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-73440?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-73440 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-73440 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-73440 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-73440 is a low-severity vulnerability in Arista Networks EOS, published on 16 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arista Networks EOS. 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-2026-73440/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73440/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73440
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73440
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73440

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73440/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.