What is GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452?

GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. On affected platforms running Arista EOS with 802.1X with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452 cover?

GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-120977. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452?

GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452HighCVSS 8.2

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with 802.1X with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 10, 2026

Last Modified

November 10, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-120977 →

📋 Description

On affected platforms running Arista EOS with 802.1X with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) device profiling enabled, a network-adjacent attacker can send a crafted DHCP packet to force the device to record a spoofed device profile. This may potentially allow the authenticated supplicant to acquire unauthorized access to a network segment with elevated privileges.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120977
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/25039-security-advisory-0217
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwg7-j8x7-q452