CVE-2026-33800

Junos OS: MX Series: In a VC scenario a high rate of micro-BFD session flaps will cause an FPC crash

Published Jul 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An Unchecked Input for Loop Condition vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).Micro-BFD session flaps generate respective up/down events which are queued by PFEMAN for processing. Especially in a Virtual-Chassis (VC) scenario with locality‑bias configured, processing takes a significant amount of time for each event. If these sessions keep flapping, new events are constantly added, and in turn PFEMAN never completes processing these events. This results in the PFEMAN watchdog timer expiring, which causes the FPC to crash and restart, representing a complete service outage.


This issue only affects MX series FPCs up to and including MPC9, and LC2101/2103 and LC480. It does not affect MPC10/11, LC4800/9600, and MX304.

This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:


* all versions before 23.2R2-S7,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3,
* 25.2 versions before 25.2R2.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 23.2R2-S7, 23.4R2-S8, 24.2R2-S4, 24.4R2-S3, 25.2R2, 25.4R1, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

To reduce the risk of exploitation, configure BFD with an increased holddown-timer, so that the queued events can be processed before a new up event occurs: [ ... bfd-liveness-detection holddown-interval milliseconds <value> ]

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juniper
Juniper junos
Juniper lc2101
Juniper lc2103
Juniper lc4800
Juniper mpc1
Juniper mpc1 Q
Juniper mpc1e
Juniper mpc1e Q
Juniper mpc2
Juniper mpc2 Eq
Juniper mpc2 Q
Juniper mpc2e
Juniper mpc2e Eq
Juniper mpc2e Ng
Juniper mpc2e Ng Q
Juniper mpc2e P
Juniper mpc2e Q
Juniper mpc3e
Juniper mpc3e-3d-ng
Juniper mpc3e-3d-ng-q
Juniper mpc6e
Juniper mpc7e-10g
Juniper mpc7e-mrate
Juniper mpc8e
Juniper mpc9e
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cpe:2.3:h:juniper:lc2103:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:lc4800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc1_q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc1e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc1e_q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2_eq:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2_q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2e_eq:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2e_ng:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2e_ng_q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2e_p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc2e_q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc3e-3d-ng-q:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc3e-3d-ng:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc3e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc6e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc7e-10g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc7e-mrate:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc8e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mpc9e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Vendors & Products Juniper
Juniper junos
Juniper lc2101
Juniper lc2103
Juniper lc4800
Juniper mpc1
Juniper mpc1 Q
Juniper mpc1e
Juniper mpc1e Q
Juniper mpc2
Juniper mpc2 Eq
Juniper mpc2 Q
Juniper mpc2e
Juniper mpc2e Eq
Juniper mpc2e Ng
Juniper mpc2e Ng Q
Juniper mpc2e P
Juniper mpc2e Q
Juniper mpc3e
Juniper mpc3e-3d-ng
Juniper mpc3e-3d-ng-q
Juniper mpc6e
Juniper mpc7e-10g
Juniper mpc7e-mrate
Juniper mpc8e
Juniper mpc9e
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An Unchecked Input for Loop Condition vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).Micro-BFD session flaps generate respective up/down events which are queued by PFEMAN for processing. Especially in a Virtual-Chassis (VC) scenario with locality‑bias configured, processing takes a significant amount of time for each event. If these sessions keep flapping, new events are constantly added, and in turn PFEMAN never completes processing these events. This results in the PFEMAN watchdog timer expiring, which causes the FPC to crash and restart, representing a complete service outage. This issue only affects MX series FPCs up to and including MPC9. It does not affect MPC10/11, LC4800/9600 and MX304. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2. An Unchecked Input for Loop Condition vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).Micro-BFD session flaps generate respective up/down events which are queued by PFEMAN for processing. Especially in a Virtual-Chassis (VC) scenario with locality‑bias configured, processing takes a significant amount of time for each event. If these sessions keep flapping, new events are constantly added, and in turn PFEMAN never completes processing these events. This results in the PFEMAN watchdog timer expiring, which causes the FPC to crash and restart, representing a complete service outage. This issue only affects MX series FPCs up to and including MPC9, and LC2101/2103 and LC480. It does not affect MPC10/11, LC4800/9600, and MX304. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2.
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 An Unchecked Input for Loop Condition vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).Micro-BFD session flaps generate respective up/down events which are queued by PFEMAN for processing. Especially in a Virtual-Chassis (VC) scenario with locality‑bias configured, processing takes a significant amount of time for each event. If these sessions keep flapping, new events are constantly added, and in turn PFEMAN never completes processing these events. This results in the PFEMAN watchdog timer expiring, which causes the FPC to crash and restart, representing a complete service outage. This issue only affects MX series FPCs up to and including MPC9. It does not affect MPC10/11, LC4800/9600 and MX304. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2.
Title Junos OS: MX Series: In a VC scenario a high rate of micro-BFD session flaps will cause an FPC crash
Weaknesses CWE-606
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': 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/AU:Y/R:A/RE:M'}