CVE-2025-8872
Severity
7.1HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Description
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with OSPFv3 configured, a specially crafted packet can cause the OSFPv3 process to have high CPU utilization which may result in the OSFPv3 process being restarted. This may cause disruption in the OSFPv3 routes on the switch.
This issue was discovered internally by Arista and is not aware of any malicious uses of this issue in customer networks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2CVEList▶
A specially crafted packet can cause the OSFPv3 process to have high CPU utilization which may result in the OSFPv3 process being restarted↗2025-12-16
GHSA▶
GHSA-93ww-vwhw-jwxm: On affected platforms running Arista EOS with OSPFv3 configured, a specially crafted packet can cause the OSFPv3 process to have high CPU utilization↗2025-12-16