High 8.8Published Oct 14, 2026

CVE-2026-102052Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An attacker causes jdhcpd to crash when the DHCPv4 local-client feature is used

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 8:10 AM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, higher than 27% of scored CVEs.

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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.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-121
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.34% (percentile 27)
Assigned by: juniper
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos OS juniper_networks:junos_os (from the name)	before 23.2R2-S7.7; 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)	before 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO; 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; and 2 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

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

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