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CVE-2026-101979Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A network attacker causes root-level code execution or denial of service when SNMP and AAA are enabled

Juniper Networks Junos OS; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved Published: (29 days ago)

Description

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the authd Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network attacker with SNMP read access to execute code with root privileges or cause a denial of service via a specific SNMP packet, when SNMP and AAA are enabled.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-121

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS < 23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4 – < 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2 – < 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4 – < 24.4R2-S5, 25.2 – < 25.2R2-S2, 25.4 – < 25.4R1-S3, 26.2 – < 26.2R1-S2
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved < 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO, 23.4 – < 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO, 24.2 – < 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO, 24.4 – < 24.4R2-S5-EVO, 25.2 – < 25.2R2-S2-EVO, 25.4 – < 25.4R1-S3-EVO, 26.2 – < 26.2R1-S2-EVO, 23.4X100, 25.2X100 – < 25.2X100-D35-EVO, 25.4X300 – < 25.4X300-D40-EVO

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