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                    "text": "A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker controlling an adjacent IS-IS neighbor to send a specific update packet causing a memory leak. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will exhaust all available memory, crashing rpd and creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored through the use of the 'show task memory detail' command. For example:\n\nuser@junos> show task memory detail | match ted-infra\n  TED-INFRA-COOKIE             25     1072       28     1184       229\n\n\n\nuser@junos> \n\nshow task memory detail | match ted-infra\n  TED-INFRA-COOKIE             31     1360       34     1472       307\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS: \n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2, \n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2; \n\n\nJunos OS Evolved: \n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, \n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.2R1 or Junos OS Evolved versions before 23.2R1-EVO.",
                    "title": "cveprojectv5 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "description",
                    "text": "A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker controlling an adjacent IS-IS neighbor to send a specific update packet causing a memory leak. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will exhaust all available memory, crashing rpd and creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored through the use of the 'show task memory detail' command. For example:\n\nuser@junos> show task memory detail | match ted-infra\n  TED-INFRA-COOKIE             25     1072       28     1184       229\n\n\n\nuser@junos> \n\nshow task memory detail | match ted-infra\n  TED-INFRA-COOKIE             31     1360       34     1472       307\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS: \n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2, \n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2; \n\n\nJunos OS Evolved: \n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, \n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.2R1 or Junos OS Evolved versions before 23.2R1-EVO.",
                    "title": "nvd - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "description",
                    "text": "A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker controlling an adjacent IS-IS neighbor to send a specific update packet causing a memory leak. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will exhaust all available memory, crashing rpd and creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored through the use of the 'show task memory detail' command. For example:\n\nuser@junos> show task memory detail | match ted-infra\n  TED-INFRA-COOKIE             25     1072       28     1184       229\n\n\n\nuser@junos> \n\nshow task memory detail | match ted-infra\n  TED-INFRA-COOKIE             31     1360       34     1472       307\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS: \n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2, \n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2; \n\n\nJunos OS Evolved: \n\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO, \n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, \n  *  from 24.1 before 24.1R2-EVO.\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.2R1 or Junos OS Evolved versions before 23.2R1-EVO.",
                    "title": "nvd - https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "0.00013",
                    "title": "EPSS"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green",
                    "title": "CVSSV4"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "7.1",
                    "title": "CVSSV4 base score"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "6.2",
                    "title": "NCSC Score"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "Is related to a product by vendor Juniper, Is related to an uncommon product source",
                    "title": "NCSC Score top increasing factors"
                },
                {
                    "category": "other",
                    "text": "The CVSS vector string contains AV:N (Attack Vector: Network), There is cwe data available from source Nvd",
                    "title": "NCSC Score top decreasing factors"
                },
                {
                    "category": "details",
                    "text": "Severity: 2\n",
                    "title": "Vendor assessment"
                }
            ],
            "product_status": {
                "fixed": [
                    "CSAFPID-5429127",
                    "CSAFPID-5429128",
                    "CSAFPID-5429212",
                    "CSAFPID-5429213",
                    "CSAFPID-5429214",
                    "CSAFPID-5429234",
                    "CSAFPID-5429235",
                    "CSAFPID-5429236",
                    "CSAFPID-5429237",
                    "CSAFPID-5429238"
                ],
                "known_affected": [
                    "CSAFPID-5429232",
                    "CSAFPID-5429233",
                    "CSAFPID-5019238",
                    "CSAFPID-5019239",
                    "CSAFPID-1287609",
                    "CSAFPID-2339532",
                    "CSAFPID-2339538",
                    "CSAFPID-2972338",
                    "CSAFPID-5435614",
                    "CSAFPID-5435616",
                    "CSAFPID-352812",
                    "CSAFPID-2111287",
                    "CSAFPID-2177324",
                    "CSAFPID-2505279",
                    "CSAFPID-2505280",
                    "CSAFPID-2975255",
                    "CSAFPID-5383906",
                    "CSAFPID-5383907",
                    "CSAFPID-5383908",
                    "CSAFPID-5383909",
                    "CSAFPID-5384018",
                    "CSAFPID-5384019",
                    "CSAFPID-5384021",
                    "CSAFPID-5385757",
                    "CSAFPID-5412628",
                    "CSAFPID-5412633",
                    "CSAFPID-5457054",
                    "CSAFPID-5457143",
                    "CSAFPID-5461541",
                    "CSAFPID-5461542"
                ],
                "known_not_affected": [
                    "CSAFPID-5020118",
                    "CSAFPID-5435615"
                ]
            },
            "references": [
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - juniper",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Receipt-of-specific-IS-IS-update-packet-causes-memory-leak-leading-to-RPD-crash-CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-0117.json"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - cveprojectv5",
                    "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source raw - cveprojectv5",
                    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/21xxx/CVE-2026-21909.json"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - nvd",
                    "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source raw - nvd",
                    "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - hkcert",
                    "url": "https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/juniper-junos-os-multiple-vulnerabilities_20260116"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - ncscclear",
                    "url": "https://advisories.ncsc.nl/advisory?id=NCSC-2026-0017"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - first",
                    "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source raw - first",
                    "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?limit=10000&offset=0"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - nvd",
                    "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - first",
                    "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?limit=10000&offset=0"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - first",
                    "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?limit=10000&offset=10000"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Source - first",
                    "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?limit=10000&offset=20000"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-0117.json"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0117"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/global-search/%40uri#sortCriteria=date%20descending&f-sf_primarysourcename=Knowledge&f-sf_articletype=Security%20Advisories&numberOfResults=100"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-BGP-update-with-a-set-of-specific-attributes-causes-rpd-crash-CVE-2025-60003"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-DHCP-Option-82-messages-from-clients-being-passed-unmodified-to-the-DHCP-server-CVE-2025-59960"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Executing-a-specific-show-command-leads-to-an-rpd-crash-CVE-2025-59959"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Optional-transitive-BGP-attribute-is-modified-before-propagation-to-peers-causing-sessions-to-flap-CVE-2025-60011"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Receipt-of-specific-IS-IS-update-packet-causes-memory-leak-leading-to-RPD-crash-CVE-2026-21909"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Unix-socket-used-to-control-the-jdhcpd-process-is-world-writable-CVE-2025-59961"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Use-after-free-vulnerability-In-802-1X-authentication-daemon-can-cause-crash-of-the-dot1xd-process-CVE-2026-21908"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-When-telemetry-collectors-are-frequently-subscribing-and-unsubscribing-to-sensors-chassisd-or-rpd-will-crash-CVE-2026-21921"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-A-specifically-crafted-show-chassis-command-causes-chassisd-to-crash-CVE-2025-60007"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Evolved-A-Linux-kernel-vulnerability-in-the-HID-driver-allows-an-attacker-to-read-information-from-the-HID-Report-buffer-CVE-2024-50302"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Evolved-Flapping-management-interface-causes-MAC-learning-on-label-switched-interfaces-to-stop-CVE-2026-21911"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-EX4000-A-high-volume-of-traffic-destinated-to-the-device-leads-to-a-crash-and-restart-CVE-2026-21913"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-EX4k-Series-QFX5k-Series-In-an-EVPN-VXLAN-configuration-link-flaps-cause-Inter-VNI-traffic-drop-CVE-2026-21910"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-MX10k-Series-show-system-firmware-CLI-command-may-lead-to-LC480-or-LC2101-line-card-reset-CVE-2026-21912"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Receipt-of-a-specifically-malformed-ICMP-packet-causes-an-FPC-restart-CVE-2026-0203"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-and-MX-Series-When-TCP-packets-occur-in-a-specific-sequence-flowd-crashes-CVE-2026-21918"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-A-specifically-malformed-GTP-message-will-cause-an-FPC-crash-CVE-2026-21914"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-If-a-specific-request-is-processed-by-the-DNS-subsystem-flowd-will-crash-CVE-2026-21920"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-MX-Series-with-MX-SPC3-or-MS-MPC-Receipt-of-multiple-specific-SIP-messages-results-in-flow-management-process-crash-CVE-2026-21905"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-Specifically-malformed-SSL-packet-causes-FPC-crash-CVE-2026-21917"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-With-GRE-performance-acceleration-enabled-receipt-of-a-specific-ICMP-packet-causes-the-PFE-to-crash-CVE-2026-21906"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Subscribing-to-telemetry-sensors-at-scale-causes-all-FPCs-to-crash-CVE-2026-21903"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Junos-Space-TLS-SSL-server-supports-use-of-static-key-ciphers-ssl-static-key-ciphers-CVE-2026-21907"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - certbundde",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-01-Security-Bulletin-Paragon-Automation-A-clickjacking-vulnerability-in-the-web-server-configuration-has-been-addressed-CVE-2025-52987"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cveprojectv5; nvd",
                    "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA106008"
                },
                {
                    "category": "external",
                    "summary": "Reference - cveprojectv5; nvd",
                    "url": "https://kb.juniper.net/JSA106008"
                }
            ],
            "scores": [
                {
                    "cvss_v3": {
                        "version": "3.1",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "baseScore": 6.5,
                        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM"
                    },
                    "products": [
                        "CSAFPID-1287609",
                        "CSAFPID-2111287",
                        "CSAFPID-2177324",
                        "CSAFPID-2339532",
                        "CSAFPID-2339538",
                        "CSAFPID-2505279",
                        "CSAFPID-2505280",
                        "CSAFPID-2972338",
                        "CSAFPID-2975255",
                        "CSAFPID-352812",
                        "CSAFPID-5019238",
                        "CSAFPID-5019239",
                        "CSAFPID-5383906",
                        "CSAFPID-5383907",
                        "CSAFPID-5383908",
                        "CSAFPID-5383909",
                        "CSAFPID-5384018",
                        "CSAFPID-5384019",
                        "CSAFPID-5384021",
                        "CSAFPID-5385757",
                        "CSAFPID-5412628",
                        "CSAFPID-5412633",
                        "CSAFPID-5429232",
                        "CSAFPID-5429233",
                        "CSAFPID-5435614",
                        "CSAFPID-5435616",
                        "CSAFPID-5457054",
                        "CSAFPID-5457143",
                        "CSAFPID-5461541",
                        "CSAFPID-5461542"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "title": "CVE-2026-21909"
        }
    ]
}