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CVE-2026-101970

A Use After Free vulnerability in the rpd PIM Join/Prune processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS…

Risk score
43/100
CVSS
6.5 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.3%
Published
14 Oct 2026

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What it is
A Use After Free vulnerability in the rpd PIM Join/Prune processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to crash the routing daemon via specific PIM messages when sparse mode PIM is configured.
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 6.5 medium

References

Original description

A Use After Free vulnerability in the rpd PIM Join/Prune processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to crash the routing daemon via specific PIM messages when sparse mode PIM is configured.

Last activity 14 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.