CVE-2026-101985: Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: An IS-IS peer causes an rpd crash when BIER over IS-IS is enabled

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-14 · updated 2026-10-15
Weakness: CWE-1284

Description

A Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated IS-IS peer to cause a denial of service.

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO; from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO; from 24.4 before 24.4R2-S5-EVO; from 25.2 before 25.2R2-S2-EVO; from 25.4 before 25.4R1-S3-EVO; from 26.2 before 26.2R1-S2-EVO — fixed in 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO, 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO, 24.4R2-S5-EVO, 25.2R2-S2-EVO, 25.2X100-D35-EVO, 25.4R1-S3-EVO

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO, 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO, 24.4R2-S5-EVO, 25.2R2-S2-EVO. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112250

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