Actively exploited KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2026-16812

Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator On-Prem OS Command Injection Vulnerability

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,…

CheckOps priority index
5.9/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity10.0
Probability0.2
Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 1.8% +0.8 pts in 7 days
CVSS 4.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/
Exploited for 99 days 27 Jul 2026
CISA due date 30 Jul 2026 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010025 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)27 Jul 2026
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)27 Jul 2026
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %1.8%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: 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 BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

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. This functionality was intended to be for internal use only and is not intended to be remotely accessible. Hosted and Dedicated versions of VCO have already been patched in advance of this notice going out. This issue was discovered externally and is known to be actively exploited.

Affected products

VeloCloud Orchestrator On-PremVeloCloud Orchestrator
Affected versions
  • 7.0.0 <7.0.0.1
  • 6.4.0 <6.4.2.4
  • 6.1.0 <6.1.3.4
  • 5.2.0 <5.2.3.14
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2026-114625Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator SQL Injection Vulnerability
    5.0 · Rising fast
  • CVE-2026-93952Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
    5.6 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-7473Arista Extensible Operating System Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors Vulnerability
    4.6 · Actively exploited

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities