CVE-2026-21909

HIGH EPSS 14.4%
Published Jan 15, 20265mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.1 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Jan 15, 2026 5mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker controlling an adjacent IS-IS neighbor to send a specific update packet causing a memory leak. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will exhaust all available memory, crashing rpd and creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Memory usage can be monitored through the use of the 'show task memory detail' command. For example: user@junos> show task memory detail | match ted-infra   TED-INFRA-COOKIE           25   1072     28   1184     229 user@junos> show task memory detail | match ted-infra   TED-INFRA-COOKIE           31   1360     34   1472     307 This issue affects: Junos OS:  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2,  * from 24.1 before 24.1R2;  Junos OS Evolved:  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO,  * from 24.1 before 24.1R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.2R1 or Junos OS Evolved versions before 23.2R1-EVO.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.1
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
14.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 20

VendorProductVersionRange
juniperjunos23.2any
juniperjunos23.2any
juniperjunos23.2any
juniperjunos23.2any
juniperjunos23.4any
juniperjunos23.4any
juniperjunos23.4any
juniperjunos23.4any
juniperjunos24.1any
juniperjunos24.1any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.2any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.2any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.2any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.2any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.4any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.4any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.4any
juniperjunos_os_evolved23.4any
juniperjunos_os_evolved24.1any
juniperjunos_os_evolved24.1any

References 2

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.