Junos OS (SRX firewalls)
CVE-2026-102058: An attacker causes a bfdd denial of service when BFD is enabled
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the bfdd daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service by restarting the daemon via crafted BFD session traffic.
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
A reachable assertion flaw in the BFD daemon of Junos OS allows an unauthenticated attacker on an adjacent network to trigger a denial of service. By sending crafted BFD session traffic, the attacker can cause the daemon to restart, disrupting network operations without requiring any user interaction or prior login.
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The vendor's description
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the bfdd daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service by restarting the daemon via crafted BFD session traffic.
Am I affected?
[ protocols ... bfd-liveness-detection ...]
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.