On affected platforms running Arista EOS, if OpenConfig is configured and running a gNMI server on the system, and if gNSI Pathz is configured and a gNSI Pathz policy is present on the system, then gNMI may fail to correctly enforce the rules in this policy if both a group rule and a user rule for the same path is present in the policy. Under certain conditions, this can lead to an authenticated user gaining unauthorized permission to read or write gNMI paths that the Pathz policy is intended to restrict.
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\nmanagement api gnmi\n transport grpc <name>\n
\nmanagement api gnsi\n service pathz\n
/persist/sys/gnsi/pathz/policy.json, and that policy must contain at least one group rule and at least one user rule for the same path.To verify the presence of the policy file:
\nswitch>enable\nswitch#bash stat /persist/sys/gnsi/pathz/policy.json\n"}]}],"workarounds":[{"lang":"en","value":"Option 1: Disable gNSI Pathz entirely:\n\n switch#configure\n switch(config)#management api gnsi\n switch(config-mgmt-api-gnsi)#no service pathz\n\nOption 2: Push a new gNSI Pathz policy that does not contain any group rules, using only user-principal rules. To push a new policy via grpcurl:\n\n grpcurl -protoset ./pathz.proto.pb -H 'username:$USER' -v -d @ -plaintext $TARGET:$PORT gnsi.pathz.v1.Pathz/Rotate << EOF\n {\n \"upload_request\": {\n \"version\": \"
Option 1: Disable gNSI Pathz entirely:
\nswitch#configure\nswitch(config)#management api gnsi\nswitch(config-mgmt-api-gnsi)#no service pathz\n
Option 2: Push a new gNSI Pathz policy that does not contain any group rules, using only user-principal rules. To push a new policy via grpcurl:
\ngrpcurl -protoset ./pathz.proto.pb -H 'username:$USER' -v -d @ -plaintext $TARGET:$PORT gnsi.pathz.v1.Pathz/Rotate << EOF\n{\n \"upload_request\": {\n \"version\": \"<version>\",\n \"created_on\": <timestamp>,\n \"policy\": <policy>\n }\n}\n{\n \"finalize_rotation\": {}\n}\nEOF\nEnsure all rules in the policy use user as the principal rather than group to avoid triggering this vulnerability.
The following EOS releases contain the fix for this vulnerability:
No hotfix is available for this vulnerability.
"}]}],"source":{"defects":["BUG 1602638"],"advisory":"Security Advisory 0164","discovery":"INTERNAL"},"references":[{"url":"https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/24720-security-advisory-0164","name":"Arista Networks Security Advisory 0164","tags":["vendor-advisory"]}]},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3","id":"CVE-2026-73439"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T03:56:54.834Z"}}]}}