Junos OS vulnerability

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the iked IKE key-management daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS on the SRX Series allows an authenticated remote-access VPN client to execute code with root privileges or cause denial of service via the remote-access VPN authentication and JIMS identity-publishing path.

Published 14 Oct 2026Updated 16 Oct 20261 sources
CVSS 8.7

What happened

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the iked IKE key-management daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS on the SRX Series allows an authenticated remote-access VPN client to execute code with root privileges or cause denial of service via the remote-access VPN authentication and JIMS identity-publishing path.

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) 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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