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CVE-2026-102061

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the phone-home daemon (phcd) of Juniper Networks…

Risk score
58/100
CVSS
8.8 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.3%
Published
14 Oct 2026

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What it is
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the phone-home daemon (phcd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root via a crafted DHCP SZTP bootstrap message. This issue only affects platforms that support Secure-ZTP.
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 8.8 high

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Original description

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the phone-home daemon (phcd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root via a crafted DHCP SZTP bootstrap message. This issue only affects platforms that support Secure-ZTP.

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