CVE-2026-101964 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent attacker to cause an rpd crash via a crafted LDP packet received over an established LDP session.

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Juniper Networks	Junos Os Junos Os Evolved

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References

Link	Providers
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187

History

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +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

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description		A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent attacker to cause an rpd crash via a crafted LDP packet received over an established LDP session.
Title		Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An attacker can cause an rpd crash via a crafted LDP message
Weaknesses		CWE-617
References		https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published: 2026-10-14T17:20:21.025Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T20:26:07.589Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T16:28:35.625Z

Link: CVE-2026-101964

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-14T18:17:12.140

Modified: 2026-10-15T16:23:06.250

Link: CVE-2026-101964

Redhat

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