Junos OS vulnerability

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the jdhcpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a malformed DHCPv4 server response when the DHCPv4 local-client feature is used.

Published 14 Oct 2026Updated 16 Oct 20261 sources
CVSS 8.7

What happened

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the jdhcpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a malformed DHCPv4 server response when the DHCPv4 local-client feature is used.

Affected versions

Junos OS: before 23.2R2-S7.7 (custom); 23.4 through before 23.4R2-S8.13 (custom); 24.2 through before 24.2R2-S5.5 (custom); 24.4 through before 24.4R2-S5 (custom); 25.2 through before 25.2R2-S2 (custom); 25.4 through before 25.4R1-S3 (custom); 26.2 through before 26.2R1-S2 (custom); before 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO (custom); 23.4 through before 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO (custom); 24.2 through before 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO (custom); 24.4 through before 24.4R2-S5-EVO (custom); 25.2 through before 25.2R2-S2-EVO (custom); 25.4 through before 25.4R1-S3-EVO (custom); 26.2 through before 26.2R1-S2-EVO (custom); 23.4X100 (custom); 25.2X100 through before 25.2X100-D35-EVO (custom); 25.4X300 through before 25.4X300-D40-EVO (custom) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

Public PoC references

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