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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-21917

Junos OS: SRX Series: Specifically malformed SSL packet causes FPC crash

Description

An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the Web-Filtering module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If an SRX device configured for UTM Web-Filtering receives a specifically malformed SSL packet, this will cause an FPC crash and restart. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series: * 23.2 versions from 23.2R2-S2 before 23.2R2-S5,  * 23.4 versions from 23.4R2-S1 before 23.4R2-S5, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2. Earlier versions of Junos are also affected, but no fix is available.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Juniper Networks Junos OS

Default version status: unaffected

  • 23.2R2-S2 to < 23.2R2-S5affected
  • 23.4R2-S1 to < 23.4R2-S5affected
  • 24.2 to < 24.2R2-S2affected
  • 24.4 to < 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2affected

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