CVE-2026-21920
An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the DNS module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
If an SRX Series device configured for DNS processing, receives a specifically formatted DNS request flowd will crash and restart, which causes a service interruption until the process has recovered.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S1,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.
This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.4R1.
If an SRX Series device configured for DNS processing, receives a specifically formatted DNS request flowd will crash and restart, which causes a service interruption until the process has recovered.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S1,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.
This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.4R1.
Vendor
Product
CWE
Yayın Tarihi
2026-01-15 21:16:08
Güncelleme
2026-01-23 18:51:59
Source Identifier
sirt@juniper.net
KEV Date Added
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