On affected platforms with hardware IPSec support running Arista EOS with IPsec enabled and anti-replay protection configured, EOS may exhibit unexpected behavior in specific cases. Received duplicate encrypted packets, which should be dropped under normal anti-replay protection, will instead be forwarded due to this vulnerability.

Note: this issue does not affect VXLANSec or MACSec encryption functionality.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16312 On affected platforms with hardware IPSec support running Arista EOS with IPsec enabled and anti-replay protection configured, EOS may exhibit unexpected behavior in specific cases. Received duplicate encrypted packets, which should be dropped under normal anti-replay protection, will instead be forwarded due to this vulnerability. Note: this issue does not affect VXLANSec or MACSec encryption functionality.
Fixes

Solution

The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience. Arista recommends customers move to the latest version of each release that contains all the fixes listed below. For more information about upgrading see EOS User Manual: Upgrades and Downgrades https://www.arista.com/en/um-eos/eos-upgrades-and-downgrades CVE-2025-2796 has been fixed in the following releases: * 4.33.3M and later releases in the 4.33.x train


Workaround

There is no known mitigation for CVE-2025-2796. The recommended resolution is to upgrade to a remediated software version at your earliest convenience.

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 27 May 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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Description On affected platforms with hardware IPSec support running Arista EOS with IPsec enabled and anti-replay protection configured, EOS may exhibit unexpected behavior in specific cases. Received duplicate encrypted packets, which should be dropped under normal anti-replay protection, will instead be forwarded due to this vulnerability. Note: this issue does not affect VXLANSec or MACSec encryption functionality.
Title On affected platforms with hardware IPSec support running Arista EOS with IPsec enabled and anti-replay protection configured, EOS may exhibit unexpected behavior in specific cases. Received duplicate encrypted packets, which should be dropped under normal
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arista

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-28T13:34:30.912Z

Reserved: 2025-03-25T16:27:53.397Z

Link: CVE-2025-2796

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-28T13:34:27.510Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-27T23:15:21.283

Modified: 2025-05-28T15:01:30.720

Link: CVE-2025-2796

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.