Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by juniper
CVE-2026-101988Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An unauthenticated adjacent attacker causes an rpd crash when LDP is enabled
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Junos OS from Juniper Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service via LDP messages received over an operational LDP session.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | 23.4 – before 23.4R2-S8.1324.2 – before 24.2R2-S5.524.4 – before 24.4R2-S525.2 – before 25.2R2-S225.4 – before 25.4R1-S326.2 – before 26.2R1-S2 |
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS Evolved | 23.4 – before 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO24.2 – before 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO24.4 – before 24.4R2-S5-EVO25.2 – before 25.2R2-S2-EVO25.4 – before 25.4R1-S3-EVO26.2 – before 26.2R1-S2-EVO23.4X10025.2X100 – before 25.2X100-D35-EVO |
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187 vendor-advisory