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Head-to-head

Cisco vs Arista

Cisco carries 53.0× 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.

Metric comparison: Cisco versus Arista. Each row gives the metric, Cisco’s count on the left and Arista’s count on the right.
CiscoMetricArista
2,913Total CVEs55
90Critical8
1,256High21
1,541Medium22
26Low4
2,330Open in latest19
5Product families3
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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.

Cisco

3.1% critical
Critical
903.1%
High
1,25643.1%
Medium
1,54152.9%
Low
260.9%

Arista

14.5% critical
Critical
814.5%
High
2138.2%
Medium
2240.0%
Low
47.3%
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Recent activity

Latest in-window disclosures per vendor, newest first. Each ID links to its NVD record.

Cisco

Recent CVEs affecting Cisco
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
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

Arista

Recent CVEs affecting Arista
CVESeverityCVSSPublished
CVE-2026-7473(opens NVD record)Medium
5.8
Jun 5, 2026
CVE-2026-31431(opens NVD record)High
7.8
Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2024-6387(opens NVD record)High
8.1
Jul 1, 2024
CVE-2023-3646(opens NVD record)Medium
5.9
Aug 29, 2023
CVE-2023-24548(opens NVD record)Medium
5.3
Aug 29, 2023
CVE-2023-24546(opens NVD record)High
8.1
Jun 13, 2023