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CVE-2026-21917

Junos OS: SRX Series: Specifically malformed SSL packet causes FPC crash

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 23.2R2-S5, 23.4R2-S5, 24.2R2-S2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the Web-Filtering module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If an SRX device configured for UTM Web-Filtering receives a specifically malformed SSL packet, this will cause an FPC crash and restart. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series: • 23.2 versions from 23.2R2-S2 before 23.2R2-S5,  • 23.4 versions from 23.4R2-S1 before 23.4R2-S5, • 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2, • 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2. Earlier versions of Junos are also affected, but no fix is available.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

    From 23.2R2-S2 · fixed in 23.2R2-S5; From 23.4R2-S1 · fixed in 23.4R2-S5; From 24.2 · fixed in 24.2R2-S2

References 2

supportportal.juniper.net

kb.juniper.net