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CVE-2026-102048: Junos OS: An attacker causes l2cpd crash when FNP is used with VLAN-VPLS encapsulation 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-770
Description
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the l2cpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service and l2cpd restart via FNP-enabled Layer 2 interfaces. The issue is triggered when the FNP feature is enabled on a VPLS routing instance with VLAN-VPLS encapsulation enabled. This issue affects all platforms except the PTX Series and SRX Series.
Affected products
- Juniper Junos OS: before 23.2R2-S7.7; from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8.13; from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S5.5; from 24.4 before 24.4R2-S5; from 25.2 before 25.2R2-S2; from 25.4 before 25.4R1-S3 — fixed in 23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4R2-S5, 25.2R2-S2, 25.4R1-S3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Junos OS 23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4R2-S5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
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