High severity · published Apr 9, 2026
CVE-2026-33797
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An attacker sending a specific genuine BGP packet causes a BGP reset
7.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker, sending a specific genuine BGP packet in an already established BGP session to reset only that session causing a Denial of Service (DoS).
An attacker repeatedly sending the packet will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS).This issue affects Junos OS:
* 25.2 versions before 25.2R2
This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 25.2R1.
This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:
* 25.2-EVO versions before 25.2R2-EVO
This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved versions before 25.2R1-EVO.
eBGP and iBGP are affected.
IPv4 and IPv6 are affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
25.2 before 25.2R2 · source: vendor, NVD
JO
Junos OS Evolved · Juniper Networks
25.2 before 25.2R2-EVO · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33797
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33797
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA107850
supportportal.juniper.net
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA107850
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