Medium severity · published Jul 9, 2026
CVE-2026-57025
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: EX Series, QFX Series, MX Series: A specific 'show l2-learning/ethernet-switching' command causes l2ald crash
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range vulnerability in the fileio library of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privilged attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
On EX Series, QFX Series and MX Series a low-privileged attacker issuing a specific 'show l2-learning' or 'show ethernet-switching' command will cause an l2ald crash which will lead to a temporary service impact for all layer 2 services until the process has automatically restarted.
This issue affects EX Series, QFX Series, MX Series:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 23.2R2-S7,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S2.
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 23.2R2-S7-EVO,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8-EVO,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-EVO,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
before 23.2R2-S7; 23.4 before 23.4R2-S7; 24.2 before 24.2R2; 24.4 before 24.4R1-S2 · source: vendor, NVD
JO
Junos OS Evolved · Juniper Networks
before 23.2R2-S7-EVO; 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8-EVO; 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO; 24.4 before 24.4R1-S3-EVO · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57025
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57025
Vendor Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110085
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