CVE-2026-101973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the pkid component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed packet received during CMP enrollment or automatic certificate re-enrollment.

Attack Vector 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 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

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References

Link	Providers
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112188

History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the pkid component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed packet received during CMP enrollment or automatic certificate re-enrollment.
Title		Junos OS: Malformed packet causes pkid denial of service when certificate re-enrollment is used
Weaknesses		CWE-476
References		https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112188
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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: 2026-10-14T16:16:59.938Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T20:46:21.926Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T16:31:35.503Z

Link: CVE-2026-101973

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-14T17:17:49.900

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

Link: CVE-2026-101973

Redhat

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