GHSA-CF3W-5GM7-WVP9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-15 21:31 – Updated: 2026-01-15 21:31
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Details

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker controlling an adjacent IS-IS neighbor to send a specific update packet causing a memory leak. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will exhaust all available memory, crashing rpd and creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Memory usage can be monitored through the use of the 'show task memory detail' command. For example:

user@junos> show task memory detail | match ted-infra   TED-INFRA-COOKIE           25   1072     28   1184     229

user@junos>

show task memory detail | match ted-infra   TED-INFRA-COOKIE           31   1360     34   1472     307

This issue affects:

Junos OS: 

  • from 23.2 before 23.2R2, 
  • from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2, 
  • from 24.1 before 24.1R2; 

Junos OS Evolved: 

  • from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO, 
  • from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, 
  • from 24.1 before 24.1R2-EVO.

This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.2R1 or Junos OS Evolved versions before 23.2R1-EVO.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-21909"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-15T21:16:06Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker controlling an adjacent IS-IS neighbor to send a specific update packet causing a memory leak.\u00a0Continued receipt and processing of these packets will exhaust all available memory, crashing rpd and creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored through the use of the \u0027show task memory detail\u0027 command. For example:\n\nuser@junos\u003e show task memory detail | match ted-infra\n\u00a0 TED-INFRA-COOKIE  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  25  \u00a0  1072  \u00a0 \u00a0  28  \u00a0  1184  \u00a0 \u00a0  229\n\n\n\nuser@junos\u003e \n\nshow task memory detail | match ted-infra\n\u00a0 TED-INFRA-COOKIE  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0  31  \u00a0  1360  \u00a0 \u00a0  34  \u00a0  1472  \u00a0 \u00a0  307\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS:\u00a0\n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2,\u00a0\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2,\u00a0\n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2;\u00a0\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved:\u00a0\n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO,\u00a0\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO,\u00a0\n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.2R1 or Junos OS Evolved versions before 23.2R1-EVO.",
  "id": "GHSA-cf3w-5gm7-wvp9",
  "modified": "2026-01-15T21:31:48Z",
  "published": "2026-01-15T21:31:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21909"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kb.juniper.net/JSA106008"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA106008"
    }
  ],
  "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:Green",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}


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