CVE-2026-21920 (GCVE-0-2026-21920)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-15 20:28
Modified
2026-01-15 20:59
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Juniper Networks Junos OS Version: 23.4   
Version: 24.2   
Version: 24.4   
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