CVE-2022-22163: Junos OS: jdhcpd crashes upon receipt of a specific DHCPv6 packet

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Juniper DHCP daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause a crash of jdhcpd and thereby a Denial of Service (DoS). If a device is configured as DHCPv6 local server and persistent storage is enabled, jdhcpd will crash when receiving a specific DHCPv6 message. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 15.1R7-S11; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S8, 19.2R3-S3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S5; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: before 15.1; 15.1, 15.1-a1, 15.1-f, 15.1-f1, 15.1-f2, 15.1-f2-s1 (+166) — fixed in 15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Junos OS 15.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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