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.
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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-2025-8872 has been fixed in the following releases: * 4.34.2F and later releases in the 4.34.x train * 4.33.5M and later releases in the 4.33.x train * 4.32.8M and later releases in the 4.32.x train * 4.31.9M and later releases in the 4.31.x train


Workaround

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History

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title A specially crafted packet can cause the OSFPv3 process to have high CPU utilization which may result in the OSFPv3 process being restarted
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arista

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-16T19:51:10.033Z

Reserved: 2025-08-11T18:18:36.004Z

Link: CVE-2025-8872

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-16T19:50:58.766Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-16T20:15:49.460

Modified: 2025-12-16T20:15:49.460

Link: CVE-2025-8872

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses