A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the DHCP daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series, allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a memory leak, that will eventually cause a complete Denial-of-Service (DoS). In a DHCPv6 over PPPoE, or DHCPv6 over VLAN with Active lease query or Bulk lease query scenario, every subscriber logout will leak a small amount of memory. When all available memory has been exhausted, jdhcpd will crash and restart which causes a complete service impact until the process has recovered. The memory usage of jdhcpd can be monitored with: user@host> show system processes extensive | match jdhcpd This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.4R3-S1, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2.
This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it requires adjacent network access with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 12 products from juniper, from juniper, from juniper and 9 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2026, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2026-04-09T22:16:27.393
2026-06-17T10:38:05.633
Analyzed
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | juniper | junos | < 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 23.4 | Yes |
| Hardware | juniper | mx10004 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx10008 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx2008 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx2010 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx2020 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx204 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx240 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx301 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx304 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx480 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | mx960 | - | No |
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