A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on specific EX Series devices allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).When sFlow is configured in a Virtual Chassis (VC) scenario with EX4100 Series or EX4400 Series devices, multicast traffic which is received on one VC member and sent out on another member leads to a memory leak and ultimately an FPC crash and restart.

The leak can be monitored by watching the continuous increase of the buffer values in the output of:

user@host> show chassis fpc
This issue affects Junos OS on EX4100 Series and EX4400:


* all versions before 23.2R2-S7,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.

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Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 23.2R2-S7, 23.4R2-S7, 24.2R2-S4, 24.4R2, 25.2R1, and all subsequent releases.


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History

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os
Vendors & Products Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on specific EX Series devices allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).When sFlow is configured in a Virtual Chassis (VC) scenario with EX4100 Series or EX4400 Series devices, multicast traffic which is received on one VC member and sent out on another member leads to a memory leak and ultimately an FPC crash and restart. The leak can be monitored by watching the continuous increase of the buffer values in the output of: user@host> show chassis fpc This issue affects Junos OS on EX4100 Series and EX4400: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.
Title Junos OS: EX4100 Series, EX4400: With sFlow configured in a VC scenario multicast traffic leads to an FPC crash
Weaknesses CWE-401
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': '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/RE:M'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-10T14:33:33.977Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T16:27:00.248Z

Link: CVE-2026-57027

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-10T14:33:30.185Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-10T13:00:17Z

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