---
id: CVE-2026-102161
title: >-
  An unauthenticated attacker located on an adjacent private network (or any
  attacker routed through a reverse proxy/load balancer that forwards client
  headers) can forge their source IP address and gain administrative session
  privileges o…
summary: >-
  An unauthenticated attacker located on an adjacent private network (or any
  attacker routed through a reverse proxy/load balancer that forwards client
  headers) can forge their source IP address and gain administrative session
  privileges o…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-290
  - CWE-798
vendor: Arista Networks
product: CloudVision CUE
affected:
  - cloudvision_cue >= 2021.2.0 <= 2026.2.0
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T21:17:02.997'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102161'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisory/24806-security-advisory-0190
    label: psirt@arista.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-06T20:04:00.722473Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T20:16:42.488Z'
---

## Overview

An unauthenticated attacker located on an adjacent private network (or any attacker routed through a reverse proxy/load balancer that forwards client headers) can forge their source IP address and gain administrative session privileges on the CV-CUE backend.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.