Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator prior 5.2.3.18/6.1.3.10/6.4.2.12 privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator. It has been classified as very critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-114625. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) on-prem has a security issue where this issue may allow a remote attacker to access privileged internal functionality and impact the VCO host. Successful exploitation may compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the orchestrator and data managed by the orchestrator. On an affected system, any authenticated user can gain operator privileges and masquerade as a local "superuser operator" user. This includes access to functionality that is intended for internal use only and which is not intended to be remotely accessible. Hosted, including Dedicated, versions of VCO were impacted and have already been patched.

The advisory is shared at arista.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-114625 since 10/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/24/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 10/23/2026 with a due date of 10/26/2026:

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BO

Upgrading to version 5.2.3.18, 6.1.3.10 or 6.4.2.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2026-108511) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-4124). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator

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• Cloud Software

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• Arista

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• VeloCloud Orchestrator

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• commercial

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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