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CVE-2026-101970

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Specific PIM messages causes rpd crash when multiple-triggered-joins is used

Description

A Use After Free vulnerability in the rpd PIM Join/Prune processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to crash the routing daemon via specific PIM messages when sparse mode PIM is configured.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By juniper

  2. · 16 days later

    Published

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-101970, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
juniperCNA (assigner)4.0High7.1CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M
juniperCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis4.0High7.1CVSS: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:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks · Junos OS

    • affected < 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
    • affected 26.2 – < 26.2R1-S2

  • Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolved

    • affected < 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
    • affected 26.2 – < 26.2R1-S2-EVO
    • affected 23.4X100
    • affected 25.2X100 – < 25.2X100-D35-EVO
    • affected 25.4X300 – < 25.4X300-D40-EVO

What to do

Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4R2-S5, 25.2R2-S2, 25.4R1-S3, 25.4R2, 26.2R1-S2, 26.2R2, 26.4R1, and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO, 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO, 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO, 24.4R2-S5-EVO, 25.2R2-S2-EVO, 25.2X100-D35-EVO, 25.4R1-S3-EVO, 25.4R2-EVO, 25.4X300-D40-EVO, 26.2R1-S2-EVO, 26.2R2-EVO, 26.4R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases. Note: For Junos OS releases 23.2, 23.4, and 24.2, and Junos OS Evolved releases 23.2-EVO, 23.4-EVO, and 24.2-EVO, specific respins have been referenced. Previously published versions of these releases have been rebuilt to resolve the security vulnerabilities identified in this advisory.

Workaround: There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

References

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