PT-2026-56974 · Juniper Networks · Junos
Published
2026-07-09
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Updated
2026-07-09
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CVE-2026-57020
CVSS v3.1
6.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX10000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
On all QFX10000 platforms in an EVPN-VxLAN scenario, if an attacker sends IPv6 multicast traffic and these packets reach the non-IRB interface of a spine switch it floods the packet to other spines and all Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI) leaf switches. This flooding causes the packet to be forwarded in a endless loop, which can lead to saturation of the involved links and in turn impact to legitimate traffic.
This issue affects Junos OS on QFX10000 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-S4.
This issue does not affect Junos version after 24.4 as the QFX10000 Series devices are not supported on newer versions anymore.
Fix
Improper Check for Exceptional Conditions
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Affected Products
Junos