What is GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7?

GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. On affected Arista EOS platforms running Border Gateway Protocol with Link State ( BGP-LS) and...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7 cover?

GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-120978. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7?

GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7MediumCVSS 6.5

On affected Arista EOS platforms running Border Gateway Protocol with Link State ( BGP-LS) and...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 10, 2026

Last Modified

November 10, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-120978 →

📋 Description

On affected Arista EOS platforms running Border Gateway Protocol with Link State ( BGP-LS) and configured with the Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) consumer role, an attacker who has established an authenticated BGP-LS session with the device can send a crafted message to cause the BGP agent to restart unexpectedly. An Arista Pathfinder deployment is not required.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120978
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/25033-security-advisory-0211
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5cp-mf27-5gc7