{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-121289", "assignerOrgId": "c8b34d1a-69ae-45c3-88fe-f3b3d44f39b7", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Arista", "dateReserved": "2026-11-03T11:21:01.892Z", "datePublished": "2026-11-10T20:09:56.814Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-10T20:09:56.814Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "c8b34d1a-69ae-45c3-88fe-f3b3d44f39b7", "shortName": "Arista", "dateUpdated": "2026-11-10T20:09:56.814Z"}, "title": "Security Advisory 0208", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "On affected platforms running Arista EOS with BGP configured, a specially crafted packet can cause the BGP agent to crash.\n\nSuccessful exploitation causes the BGP agent process to terminate, resulting in the loss of all BGP sessions on the affected device and possible disruption to network routing until the process recovers. 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