Junos OS (SRX firewalls)

CVE-2026-102060: MX Series, ACX Series: An attacker causes a routing daemon crash when multicast lawful intercept is used

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the rpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series and Junos OS Evolved on ACX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service via an IGMPv3 membership report received on a directly connected network.

Published Juniper Networks advisory JSA112187

ExploitedNot in CISA KEV
Ransomware useNot reportedPer CISA
SeverityHIGHCVSS 4.0 7.1
EPSS0.25%Chance of exploitation in 30 days
Public exploitNot tracked
FixAvailable

Automatic summary from the vendor's CVE record. We haven't written a full analysis of this vulnerability yet.

Affected and fixed versions

Product / branchFixed in
Junos OS (MX Series) 023.2R2-S7.7 or later
Junos OS (MX Series) 23.423.4R2-S8.13 or later
Junos OS (MX Series) 24.224.2R2-S5.5 or later
Junos OS (MX Series) 24.424.4R2-S5 or later
Junos OS (MX Series) 25.225.2R2-S2 or later
Junos OS (MX Series) 25.425.4R1-S3 or later
Junos OS (MX Series) 26.226.2R1-S2 or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 023.2R2-S7.7-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 23.423.4R2-S8.11-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 24.224.2R2-S5.6-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 24.424.4R2-S5-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 25.225.2R2-S2-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 25.425.4R1-S3-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 26.226.2R1-S2-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 23.4X100See the advisory
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 25.2X10025.2X100-D35-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved (ACX Series) 25.4X30025.4X300-D40-EVO or later

Always confirm against the vendor advisory, which lists every fixed hotfix.

In short

A flaw in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated attacker on a directly connected network to trigger a NULL pointer dereference. By sending a specific IGMPv3 membership report, the attacker can crash the rpd process, resulting in a denial of service. No user interaction or prior authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

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The vendor's description

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the rpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series and Junos OS Evolved on ACX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service via an IGMPv3 membership report received on a directly connected network.

Am I affected?

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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.

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