CVE-2026-101960 (GCVE-0-2026-101960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 16:14 – Updated: 2026-10-14 20:26
VLAI
Title
Junos OS Evolved: QFX Series: A BGP peer causes an rpd crash when global load balancing is enabled
Summary
An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on QFX5240, QFX5241 and QFX5250 configured for BGP global-load-balancing and more than 128 ecmp next-hops allows an attacker to cause an rpd crash.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-14 20:16 UTC
CWE
Assigner
juniper CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 85/100 over 175 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved Affected: 23.4 , < 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO (custom)
Affected: 24.2 , < 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO (custom)
Affected: 24.4 , < 24.4R2-S5-EVO (custom)
Affected: 25.2 , < 25.2R2-S2-EVO (custom)
Affected: 25.4 , < 25.4R1-S3-EVO (custom)
Affected: 26.2 , < 26.2R1-S2-EVO (custom)
Affected: 23.4X100 (custom)
Affected: 25.2X100 , < 25.2X100-D35-EVO (custom)
Affected: 25.4X300 , < 25.4X300-D40-EVO (custom)
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Date Public
2026-10-14 16:00
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