High 7.5Published Oct 14, 2026

CVE-2026-101961Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A specific BGP packet causes an rpd crash when an ECMP qualifier is used in an import policy

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 6:40 AM ET)

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A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the routing-policy nexthop-ECMP matcher of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a configured eBGP peer to cause a routing-daemon denial of service via a specific BGP packet received while a nexthop-ecmp qualifier is attached to a BGP import policy.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.37% (percentile 31)
Assigned by: juniper
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos OS juniper_networks:junos_os (from the name)	from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8.13; from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S5.5; from 24.4 before 24.4R2-S5; from 25.2 before 25.2R2-S2; from 25.4 before 25.4R1-S3; from 26.2 before 26.2R1-S2	CNA record
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved (from the name)	from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO; from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO; from 24.4 before 24.4R2-S5-EVO; from 25.2 before 25.2R2-S2-EVO; from 25.4 before 25.4R1-S3-EVO; from 26.2 before 26.2R1-S2-EVO; 23.4X100; from 25.2X100 before 25.2X100-D35-EVO; and 1 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187	vendor-advisory

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