Junos OS (SRX firewalls)
CVE-2026-101971: An attacker causes routing protocol daemon crash when OSPFv3 is enabled
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in rpd, the routing protocol daemon, of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service and heap memory corruption via OSPFv3 messages on an enabled broadcast interface.
Published Juniper Networks advisory JSA112187
Automatic summary from the vendor's CVE record. We haven't written a full analysis of this vulnerability yet.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Junos OS 0 | 23.2R2-S7.7 or later |
| Junos OS 23.4 | 23.4R2-S8.13 or later |
| Junos OS 24.2 | 24.2R2-S5.5 or later |
| Junos OS 24.4 | 24.4R2-S5 or later |
| Junos OS 25.2 | 25.2R2-S2 or later |
| Junos OS 25.4 | 25.4R1-S3 or later |
| Junos OS 26.2 | 26.2R1-S2 or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 0 | 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 23.4 | 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 24.2 | 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 24.4 | 24.4R2-S5-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 25.2 | 25.2R2-S2-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 25.4 | 25.4R1-S3-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 26.2 | 26.2R1-S2-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 23.4X100 | See the advisory |
| Junos OS Evolved 25.2X100 | 25.2X100-D35-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 25.4X300 | 25.4X300-D40-EVO or later |
Always confirm against the vendor advisory, which lists every fixed hotfix.
In short
The routing protocol daemon in Junos OS lacks proper limits on resource allocation when processing OSPFv3 messages. An unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network can send crafted OSPFv3 packets to an enabled broadcast interface, causing heap memory corruption and a denial of service. This attack requires no user interaction or prior authentication.
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The vendor's description
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in rpd, the routing protocol daemon, of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service and heap memory corruption via OSPFv3 messages on an enabled broadcast interface.
Am I affected?
[ protocols ospf3 ]
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Exploitation
Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 19 Oct 2026.