CVE-2026-33801

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: When a specifically malformed BGP route update is received RPD crashes

Published Jul 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker sending a specific BGP update over an established BGP session to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

Upon receipt of a specifically malformed non-inet/inet6 unicast BGP update, an RPD crash and restart is triggered, which will cause a complete service outage until routing has reconverged. The rpd crash occurs before the update can be readvertised, so there is no downstream propagation.


This issue affects:



* Junos OS versions 25.2 before 25.2R2;


* Junos OS Evolved versions 25.2 before 25.2R2-EVO.




This issue doesn't affect Junos OS versions before 25.2R1 nor Junos OS Evolved versions before 25.2R1-EVO.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 25.2R2, 25.4R1, and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 25.2R2-EVO, 25.4R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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History
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
Juniper Networks junos Os Evolved
Vendors & Products Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os
Juniper Networks junos Os Evolved
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker sending a specific BGP update over an established BGP session to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). Upon receipt of a specifically malformed non-inet/inet6 unicast BGP update, an RPD crash and restart is triggered, which will cause a complete service outage until routing has reconverged. The rpd crash occurs before the update can be readvertised, so there is no downstream propagation. This issue affects: * Junos OS versions 25.2 before 25.2R2; * Junos OS Evolved versions 25.2 before 25.2R2-EVO. This issue doesn't affect Junos OS versions before 25.2R1 nor Junos OS Evolved versions before 25.2R1-EVO.
Title Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: When a specifically malformed BGP route update is received RPD crashes
Weaknesses CWE-754
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Jul 10, 2026, 1:31 PM
Reserved
Mar 23, 2026, 7:46 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 9, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jul 13, 2026, 8:36 PM