A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in eventd of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on all platforms allows an unprivileged local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) or achieve privilege escalation to root via crafted IPC event messages.
History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os
Juniper Networks junos Os Evolved
Vendors & Products Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os
Juniper Networks junos Os Evolved

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in eventd of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on all platforms allows an unprivileged local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) or achieve privilege escalation to root via crafted IPC event messages.
Title Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An unprivileged local attacker causes denial of service or privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published: 2026-10-14T16:39:11.939Z

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:18:52.264Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T16:12:58.633Z

Link: CVE-2026-101927

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:18:18.646Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-14T17:17:45.583

Modified: 2026-10-16T15:16:59.097

Link: CVE-2026-101927

cve-icon Redhat

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