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CVE-2026-33775: Juniper Networks Junos OS · Memory Leak

Affects Juniper Networks Junos OSSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium · fixed in 25.2R2 : update Juniper Networks Junos OS when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 9% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 25.2R2, 24.4R2, 24.2R2-S2 +3
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • >=25.2 <25.2R2
Fixed in
  • 25.2R2
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • >=24.4 <24.4R2
Fixed in
  • 24.4R2
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • >=24.2 <24.2R2-S2
Fixed in
  • 24.2R2-S2
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • >=23.4 <23.4R2-S6
Fixed in
  • 23.4R2-S6
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • >=23.2 <23.2R2-S5
Fixed in
  • 23.2R2-S5
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • <22.4R3-S8
Fixed in
  • 22.4R3-S8

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, monitoring the memory utilization of the bbe-smgd process using 'show system processes extensive | match bbe-smgd' can help detect memory exhaustion. Operators should watch for the log message '%DAEMON-3-SMD_DPROF_RSMON_ERROR: Resource unavailability, Reason: Daemon Heap Memory exhaustion' as an indicator of this issue.

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the BroadBand Edge subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If the authentication packet-type option is configured and a received packet does not match that packet type, the memory leak occurs. When all memory available to bbe-smgd has been consumed, no new subscribers will be able to login. The memory utilization of bbe-smgd can be monitored with the following show command: user@host> show system processes extensive | match bbe-smgd The below log message can be observed when this limit has been reached: bbesmgd[<PID>]: %DAEMON-3-SMD_DPROF_RSMON_ERROR: Resource unavailability, Reason: Daemon Heap Memory exhaustion This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * all versions before 22.4R3-S8, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S5, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2.

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