Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An EVPN-VXLAN memory leak causes denial of service when active-active multihoming is used (Juniper Networks Junos OS)

CVE-2026-102053
MEDIUM 6.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.33 % · percentile 26 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
juniper
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Description

An Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference vulnerability in the l2ald process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on QFX5K-family platforms allows a configured EVPN peer to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion via EVPN-VXLAN active-active multihoming route processing.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Ljuniper
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:Mjuniper
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:XNVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LNVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Juniper Networks · Junos OSaffected 0 < 23.2R2-S7.7 ; affected 23.4 < 23.4R2-S8.13 ; affected 24.2 < 24.2R2-S5.5 ; affected 24.4 < 24.4R2-S5 ; affected 25.2 < 25.2R2-S2 ; affected 25.4 < 25.4R1-S3
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolvedaffected 0 < 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO ; affected 23.4 < 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO ; affected 24.2 < 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO ; affected 24.4 < 24.4R2-S5-EVO ; affected 25.2 < 25.2R2-S2-EVO ; affected 25.4 < 25.4R1-S3-EVO

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD