Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Use after free vulnerability In 802.1X authentication daemon can cause crash of the dot1xd process (Juniper Networks Junos OS)

CVE-2026-21908
HIGH 7.5

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.31 % · centile 24 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
juniper
Statut NVD
Analyzed

Description

A Use After Free vulnerability was identified in the 802.1X authentication daemon (dot1xd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved that could allow an authenticated, network-adjacent attacker flapping a port to crash the dot1xd process, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the process running as root. The issue is specific to the processing of a change in authorization (CoA) when a port bounce occurs. A pointer is freed but was then referenced later in the same code path. Successful exploitation is outside the attacker's direct control due to the specific timing of the two events required to execute the vulnerable code path. This issue affects systems with 802.1X authentication port-based network access control (PNAC) enabled. This issue affects: Junos OS:  * from 23.2R2-S1 before 23.2R2-S5,  * from 23.4R2 before 23.4R2-S6,  * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S3,  * from 24.4 before 24.4R2-S1,  * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2;  Junos OS Evolved:  * from 23.2R2-S1 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO,  * from 23.4R2 before 23.4R2-S6-EVO,  * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S3-EVO,  * from 24.4 before 24.4R2-S1-EVO,  * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S2-EVO, 25.2R2-EVO.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-416 — Utilisation après libération

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hjuniper
CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/RE:M/U:Greenjuniper
CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:GreenNVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Juniper Networks · Junos OSaffected 23.2R2-S1 < 23.2R2-S5 ; affected 23.4R2 < 23.4R2-S6 ; affected 24.2 < 24.2R2-S3 ; affected 24.4 < 24.4R2-S1 ; affected 25.2 < 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolvedaffected 23.2R2-S1 < 23.2R2-S5-EVO ; affected 23.4R2 < 23.4R2-S6-EVO ; affected 24.2 < 24.2R2-S3-EVO ; affected 24.4 < 24.4R2-S1-EVO ; affected 25.2 < 25.2R1-S2-EVO, 25.2R2-EVO

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD