Arista Wi-Fi Access Points up to 21.2.x/21.3.0M-13/22.0.1F-32 Sensor Service os command injection

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A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Arista Wi-Fi Access Points up to 21.2.x/21.3.0M-13/22.0.1F-32. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Sensor Service. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-102163. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Arista Wi-Fi Access Points up to 21.2.x/21.3.0M-13/22.0.1F-32. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Sensor Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

On affected Arista access points with Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) active, an unauthenticated attacker within radio frequency (RF) proximity can send a crafted frame to crash the sensor service, disabling WIPS monitoring on the access point, or potentially achieve remote code execution. No wireless association or authentication is required.

The advisory is available at arista.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-102163 since 09/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/06/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Arista

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• Wi-Fi Access Points

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• 21.0
• 21.1
• 21.2
• 21.3.0M-13
• 22.0.1F-32

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• commercial

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