FKIE_CVE-2026-21920
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-15 21:16 - Updated: 2026-01-23 18:51
Severity ?
Summary
An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the DNS module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
If an SRX Series device configured for DNS processing, receives a specifically formatted DNS request flowd will crash and restart, which causes a service interruption until the process has recovered.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S1,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.
This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.4R1.
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| sirt@juniper.net | https://kb.juniper.net/JSA106020 | Vendor Advisory | |
| sirt@juniper.net | https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA106020 | Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.4 | |
| juniper | junos | 24.4 | |
| juniper | srx1500 | - | |
| juniper | srx1600 | - | |
| juniper | srx2300 | - | |
| juniper | srx300 | - | |
| juniper | srx320 | - | |
| juniper | srx340 | - | |
| juniper | srx345 | - | |
| juniper | srx380 | - | |
| juniper | srx4100 | - | |
| juniper | srx4120 | - | |
| juniper | srx4200 | - | |
| juniper | srx4300 | - | |
| juniper | srx4600 | - | |
| juniper | srx4700 | - | |
| juniper | srx5400 | - | |
| juniper | srx5600 | - | |
| juniper | srx5800 | - |
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