Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator SQL injection is being actively exploited

No. 128 of 245 · Arista Networks · Arista Networks · published 23 Oct 2026, 17:13 UTC · 4 min read

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Arista disclosed CVE-2026-114625, a critical SQL injection flaw (CVSS 9.9) in on-prem VeloCloud Orchestrator that lets any authenticated user, even at the lowest tenant role, impersonate a local superuser operator and reach internal-only functionality. Arista says the flaw is being actively exploited.

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Score

0.65total under rubric v2.0Contestedjudges differ by 0.42 on significance

Significance0.60
Reader interest0.79
Audience breadth0.28
Practical relevance0.84
Substantiated0.72
Technical depth0.60
New information0.94
Counts against: Promotional0.05
Counts against: Overclaim0.19

Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).

Question	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Mean	Spread	Weight	Contribution (weight times mean)
Significance	0.57	0.40	0.82	0.60	0.42 , above the contested threshold	+0.25	+0.149
Reader interest	0.74	0.72	0.90	0.79	0.18	+0.20	+0.157
Audience breadth	0.20	0.30	0.34	0.28	0.14	+0.10	+0.028
Practical relevance	0.75	0.85	0.92	0.84	0.17	+0.15	+0.126
Substantiated	0.49	0.80	0.86	0.72	0.37	+0.10	+0.072
Technical depth	0.74	0.45	0.62	0.60	0.29	+0.10	+0.060
New information	0.91	0.90	1.00	0.94	0.10	+0.10	+0.094
Promotional	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.00	−0.15	−0.007
Overclaim	0.34	0.15	0.08	0.19	0.26	−0.15	−0.028
Sum of contributions							+0.650
Claim-check penalty							0.000
Total, as published							0.650

Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.

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Model versions are pinned for every edition and listed in its JSON. This one was scored under rubric v2.0; How ranking works describes the current rubric, v2.2.