CVE-2026-33782

Junos OS: MX Series: In specific DHCPv6 scenarios jdhcpd memory increases continuously with subscriber logouts

Published Apr 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 22.4R3-S1, 23.2R2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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Advisories

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References
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juniper
Juniper junos
Juniper mx10004
Juniper mx10008
Juniper mx2008
Juniper mx2010
Juniper mx2020
Juniper mx204
Juniper mx240
Juniper mx301
Juniper mx304
Juniper mx480
Juniper mx960
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx10004:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx10008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx2010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx2020:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx204:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx240:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx301:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx304:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx480:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mx960:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Juniper
Juniper junos
Juniper mx10004
Juniper mx10008
Juniper mx2008
Juniper mx2010
Juniper mx2020
Juniper mx204
Juniper mx240
Juniper mx301
Juniper mx304
Juniper mx480
Juniper mx960
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os
Vendors & Products Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os
Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Junos OS: MX Series: In specific DHCPv6 scenarios jdhcpd memory increases continuously with subscriber logouts
Weaknesses CWE-401
References
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': 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/AU:Y/RE:M'}