Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by juniper

CVE-2026-101962Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An attacker sending a malformed update causes an rpd crash when BGP EVPN signaling is used

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker sending a specifically malformed BGP EVPN multicast update which is attempted to be readvertised to cause an rpd crash.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS 0 – before 23.2R2-S7.723.4 – 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 0 – before 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO23.4 – 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-EVO23.4X100

Weakness: CWE-130 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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