{"cve":"CVE-2026-21903","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-15T21:16:05.807","modified":"2026-06-17T10:19:07.297","status":"Analyzed","description":"A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a network-based attacker, authenticated with low privileges to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).\n\n\n\nSubscribing to telemetry sensors at scale causes all FPC connections to drop, resulting in an FPC crash and restart.\nThe issue was not seen when YANG packages for the specific sensors were installed. \n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS: \n\n\n\n  *  all versions before 22.4R3-S7,\n  *  23.2 version before 23.2R2-S4,\n  *  23.4 versions before 23.4R2.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L","score":7.1},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-121"],"references":["https://kb.juniper.net/JSA106022","https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA106022"],"products":["juniper:junos"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:19:41.481987139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-21903","score":0.00399,"percentile":0.34181,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}