Head-to-head
Arista vs Cisco
Cisco carries 143.5× the disclosed CVE volume of Arista. Volume reflects disclosure practice and install base as much as code quality — read it with the severity mix. Sourced from the NIST NVD; lower counts indicate a smaller disclosed vulnerability surface — not necessarily lower risk.
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Disclosure record
Bars are normalized per row to the larger value; the leading count is emphasized.
| Arista | Metric | Cisco | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Total CVEs | 287 | ||
| 0 | Critical | 20 | ||
| 1 | High | 75 | ||
| 1 | Medium | 191 | ||
| 0 | Low | 1 | ||
| 19 | Open in latest | 2,330 | ||
| 3 | Product families | 5 |
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Risk profile
Each severity band as a share of the vendor's own total — strips out raw volume so the profiles compare directly.
Arista
0.0% critical- Critical
- 00.0%
- High
- 150.0%
- Medium
- 150.0%
- Low
- 00.0%
Cisco
7.0% critical- Critical
- 207.0%
- High
- 7526.1%
- Medium
- 19166.6%
- Low
- 10.3%
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Recent activity
Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.
Arista
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-7473(opens NVD record) | Medium | 5.8 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-31431(opens NVD record) | High | 7.8 | Apr 22, 2026 |
Cisco
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-20190(opens NVD record) | High | 7.5 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20181(opens NVD record) | Critical | 9.1 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20262(opens NVD record) | Medium | 6.5 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20245(opens NVD record) | High | 7.8 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20233(opens NVD record) | Medium | 6.1 | Jun 3, 2026 |
| CVE-2026-20230(opens NVD record) | High | 8.6 | Jun 3, 2026 |