Junos OS (SRX firewalls)
CVE-2026-102020: An attacker causes an rpd denial of service when BGP-LS TED export is enabled
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the rpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker to cause a denial of service via BGP-LS routing updates.
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 rpd process in Junos OS contains a reachable assertion flaw that can be triggered by malformed BGP-LS routing updates. An attacker with network access and valid authentication can send these specific updates to crash the routing process, resulting in a denial of service. No user interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.
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The vendor's description
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the rpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker to cause a denial of service via BGP-LS routing updates.
Am I affected?
[ protocols bgp ... family traffic-engineering unicast ] [ protocols mpls traffic-engineering database export policy <name> ... ]
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.