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CVE-2026-33782: 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 23.4R2 : update Juniper Networks Junos OS when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 23.4R2, 23.2R2, 22.4R3-S1
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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Juniper Networks Junos OS to 23.4R2, 23.2R2 or 22.4R3-S1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • >=23.4 <23.4R2
Fixed in
  • 23.4R2
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • >=23.2 <23.2R2
Fixed in
  • 23.2R2
Juniper NetworksJunos OSAffected
  • <22.4R3-S1
Fixed in
  • 22.4R3-S1

AI-suggested

Monitoring the memory usage of the jdhcpd process may help detect the issue, but no direct mitigation steps are specified.

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the DHCP daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series, allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a memory leak, that will eventually cause a complete Denial-of-Service (DoS). In a DHCPv6 over PPPoE, or DHCPv6 over VLAN with Active lease query or Bulk lease query scenario, every subscriber logout will leak a small amount of memory. When all available memory has been exhausted, jdhcpd will crash and restart which causes a complete service impact until the process has recovered. The memory usage of jdhcpd can be monitored with: user@host> show system processes extensive | match jdhcpd This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.4R3-S1, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2.

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