CVE-2019-18948
An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software...
An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software forwarding of VxLAN packets. This issue is found in Arista’s EOS VxLAN code, which can allow attackers to crash the VxlanSwFwd agent. This affects EOS 4.21.8M and below releases in the 4.21.x train, 4.22.3M and below releases in the 4.22.x train, 4.23.1F and below releases in the 4.23.x train, and all releases in 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 code train.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software forwarding of VxLAN packets. This issue is found in Arista’s EOS VxLAN code, which can allow attackers to crash the VxlanSwFwd agent. This affects EOS 4.21.8M and below releases in the 4.21.x train, 4.22.3M and below releases in the 4.22.x train, 4.23.1F and below releases in the 4.23.x train, and all releases in 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 code train.
- Record
CVE-2019-18948- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software forwarding of VxLAN packets. This issue is found in Arista’s EOS VxLAN code, which can allow attackers to crash the VxlanSwFwd agent. This affects EOS 4.21.8M and below releases in the 4.21.x train, 4.22.3M and below releases in the 4.22.x train, 4.23.1F and below releases in the 4.23.x train, and all releases in 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 code train.
- Record
CVE-2019-18948- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8619 No score
An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software forwarding of VxLAN packets. This issue is found in Arista’s EOS VxLAN code, which can allow attackers to crash the VxlanSwFwd agent. This affects EOS 4.21.8M and below releases in the 4.21.x train, 4.22.3M and below releases in the 4.22.x train, 4.23.1F and below releases in the 4.23.x train, and all releases in 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 code train.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8619- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5vr9-8c6c-3m96 No score
An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software...
An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software forwarding of VxLAN packets. This issue is found in Arista’s EOS VxLAN code, which can allow attackers to crash the VxlanSwFwd agent. This affects EOS 4.21.8M and below releases in the 4.21.x train, 4.22.3M and below releases in the 4.22.x train, 4.23.1F and below releases in the 4.23.x train, and all releases in 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 code train.
- Record
GHSA-5vr9-8c6c-3m96- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-18948 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Arista Eos, published April 16, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.