CVE-2026-101981: Juniper Networks Junos OS

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent LDP peer to cause an rpd crash or execute arbitrary code via a malformed LDP Label Mapping message.

Affected products

• Juniper Networks Junos OS: from 23.4, before 23.4R2-S8.13 (fixed in 23.4R2-S8.13); from 24.2, before 24.2R2-S5.5 (fixed in 24.2R2-S5.5); from 24.4, before 24.4R2-S5 (fixed in 24.4R2-S5); from 25.2, before 25.2R2-S2 (fixed in 25.2R2-S2); from 25.4, before 25.4R1-S3 (fixed in 25.4R1-S3); from 26.2, before 26.2R1-S2 (fixed in 26.2R1-S2)
• Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: from 23.4, before 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO (fixed in 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO); from 24.2, before 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO (fixed in 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO); from 24.4, before 24.4R2-S5-EVO (fixed in 24.4R2-S5-EVO); from 25.2, before 25.2R2-S2-EVO (fixed in 25.2R2-S2-EVO); from 25.4, before 25.4R1-S3-EVO (fixed in 25.4R1-S3-EVO); from 26.2, before 26.2R1-S2-EVO (fixed in 26.2R1-S2-EVO); …

Published 2026-10-14. Last modified 2026-10-16.