CVE-2026-102080 (GCVE-0-2026-102080)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 16:26 – Updated: 2026-10-14 20:26
VLAI
Title
Junos OS: MX Series: Malformed SyncE or PTP clock input causes continuous RE switchover
Summary
An Improper Resource Locking vulnerability in the clock synchronization daemon (clksyncd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows a unauthenticated, logically adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If a SyncE or PTP upstream node sends a malformed message to an MX device equipped with SCBE3, a false 19.44MHz alarm is generated on the master RE. This leads to persistent RE switchovers and a clksyncd process crash. This issue is outside the attacker's direct control as it's a race condition. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * All versions before 23.2R2-S7.7; * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8.13; * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S5.5; * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S4; * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2-S1; * 25.4 versions before 25.4R1-S2.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-14 20:16 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-413 - Improper Resource Locking
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 Affected: 0 , < 23.2R2-S7.7 (custom)
Affected: 23.4 , < 23.4R2-S8.13 (custom)
Affected: 24.2 , < 24.2R2-S5.5 (custom)
Affected: 24.4 , < 24.4R2-S4 (custom)
Affected: 25.2 , < 25.2R2-S1 (custom)
Affected: 25.4 , < 25.4R1-S2 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-10-14 16:00
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