{"cve":"CVE-2026-33778","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-09T22:16:26.500","modified":"2026-10-26T21:10:00.170","status":"Analyzed","description":"An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the  IPsec library used by kmd and iked of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a complete Denial-of-Service (DoS).\n\nIf an affected device receives a specifically malformed first ISAKMP packet from the initiator, the kmd/iked process will crash and restart, which momentarily prevents new security associations (SAs) for from being established. Repeated exploitation of this vulnerability causes a complete inability to establish new VPN connections.\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS on \n\nSRX Series and MX Series:\n\n\n\n  *  all versions before 22.4R3-S9,\n  *  23.2 version before 23.2R2-S6,\n  *  23.4 version before 23.4R2-S7,\n  *  24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4,\n  *  24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3,\n  *  25.2 versions before 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/RE:M","score":8.7},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-1286"],"references":["https://kb.juniper.net/JSA107868"],"products":["juniper:junos"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T21:38:48.864438205+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-33778","score":0.00338,"percentile":0.27011,"date":"2026-10-26"},"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."]}