Description
On affected Arista Wi-Fi access points, an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the capture service can send a crafted packet to cause the service to crash or potentially achieve remote code execution. This exploit requires an uncommonly used non-default streaming mode.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

CVE-2026-102165 has been fixed in the following releases: - 22.1.1F-61 and later release in the 22.x train - 21.4.0M-12 and later releases in the 21.x train


Vendor Workaround

When using Live Packet Capture, use "Upload to server" as the streaming option instead of "Wireshark on local machine".

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History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description On affected Arista Wi-Fi access points, an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the capture service can send a crafted packet to cause the service to crash or potentially achieve remote code execution. This exploit requires an uncommonly used non-default streaming mode.
Title Security Advisory 0198
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Arista

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T20:00:05.234Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T17:45:17.722Z

Link: CVE-2026-102165

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-06T20:17:11.800

Modified: 2026-10-06T20:17:11.800

Link: CVE-2026-102165

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Weaknesses