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CVE-2026-21903
MEDIUM6.5
Description
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a network-based attacker, authenticated with low privileges to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). Subscribing to telemetry sensors at scale causes all FPC connections to drop, resulting in an FPC crash and restart. The issue was not seen when YANG packages for the specific sensors were installed. This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.4R3-S7, * 23.2 version before 23.2R2-S4, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score6.5
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published1/15/2026
Last Modified1/23/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
juniper:junos
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-121
References
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA106022(sirt@juniper.net)
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA106022(sirt@juniper.net)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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