GHSA-6FVR-R66P-5W4V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-15 21:31 – Updated: 2026-01-15 21:31An Incorrect Calculation vulnerability in the Layer 2 Control
Protocol
Daemon (l2cpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker flapping the management interface to cause the learning of new MACs over label-switched interfaces (LSI) to stop while generating a flood of logs, resulting in high CPU usage.
When the issue is seen, the following log message will be generated:
op:1 flag:0x6 mac:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx bd:2 ifl:13302 reason:0(REASON_NONE) i-op:6(INTRNL_OP_HW_FORCE_DELETE) status:10 lstatus:10 err:26(GETIFBD_VALIDATE_FAILED) err-reason 4(IFBD_VALIDATE_FAIL_EPOCH_MISMATCH) hw_wr:0x4 ctxsync:0 fwdsync:0 rtt-id:51 p_ifl:0 fwd_nh:0 svlbnh:0 event:- smask:0x100000000 dmask:0x0 mplsmask 0x1 act:0x5800 extf:0x0 pfe-id 0 hw-notif-ifl 13302 programmed-ifl 4294967295 pseudo-vtep underlay-ifl-idx 0 stack:GET_MAC, ALLOCATE_MAC, GET_IFL, GET_IFF, GET_IFBD, STOP,
This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:
- all versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1-EVO,
- from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-21911"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-682"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-15T21:16:07Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An Incorrect Calculation vulnerability in the Layer 2 Control\n\nProtocol \n\n Daemon (l2cpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker flapping the management interface to cause the learning of new MACs over label-switched interfaces (LSI) to stop while generating a\u00a0flood of logs, resulting in high CPU usage.\n\nWhen the issue is seen, the following log message will be generated:\n\nop:1 flag:0x6 mac:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx bd:2 ifl:13302 reason:0(REASON_NONE) i-op:6(INTRNL_OP_HW_FORCE_DELETE) status:10 lstatus:10 err:26(GETIFBD_VALIDATE_FAILED) err-reason 4(IFBD_VALIDATE_FAIL_EPOCH_MISMATCH) hw_wr:0x4 ctxsync:0 fwdsync:0 rtt-id:51 p_ifl:0 fwd_nh:0 svlbnh:0 event:- smask:0x100000000 dmask:0x0 mplsmask 0x1 act:0x5800 extf:0x0 pfe-id 0 hw-notif-ifl 13302 programmed-ifl 4294967295 pseudo-vtep underlay-ifl-idx 0 stack:GET_MAC, ALLOCATE_MAC, GET_IFL, GET_IFF, GET_IFBD, STOP, \n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS Evolved:\u00a0\n\n * all versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,\u00a0\n * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,\u00a0\n * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,\u00a0\n * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,\u00a0\n * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1-EVO,\u00a0\n * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.",
"id": "GHSA-6fvr-r66p-5w4v",
"modified": "2026-01-15T21:31:48Z",
"published": "2026-01-15T21:31:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21911"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://kb.juniper.net/JSA106010"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA106010"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
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