CVE-2026-33803

Junos OS Evolved: A port which has been inadvertently exposed can be reached by an attacker

Published Jul 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a limited information disclosure and availability impact to the device.


Due to a wrong initialization, a process which should only be able to communicate internally within the device can be reached over the network via an open port. This leads to a device being inadvertently exposed and increased CPU cycles spent processing ingress packets.

This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:


* all versions before 23.2R2-S7-EVO,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8-EVO,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S5-EVO,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S4-EVO,
* 25.2 versions before 25.2R2-S1-EVO,
* 25.4 versions before 25.4R1-S2-EVO.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS Evolved: 23.2R2-S7-EVO, 23.4R2-S8-EVO, 24.2R2-S5-EVO, 24.4R2-S4-EVO, 25.2R2-S1-EVO, 25.4R1-S2-EVO, 25.4R2-EVO, 26.2R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue. Please ensure that your control plane protection only explicitly permits access to ports intended to be reachable and only from authorized endpoints. All other traffic destined to the control plane should be disallowed.

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os Evolved
Vendors & Products Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os Evolved
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Description An Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a limited information disclosure and availability impact to the device. Due to a wrong initialization, a process which should only be able to communicate internally within the device can be reached over the network via an open port. This leads to a device being inadvertently exposed and increased CPU cycles spent processing ingress packets. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7-EVO, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8-EVO, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S5-EVO, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S4-EVO, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2-S1-EVO, * 25.4 versions before 25.4R1-S2-EVO.
Title Junos OS Evolved: A port which has been inadvertently exposed can be reached by an attacker
Weaknesses CWE-923
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Jul 10, 2026, 1:30 PM
Reserved
Mar 23, 2026, 7:46 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 9, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 5:10 PM