CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-102053

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs

Summary

An Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference vulnerability in the l2ald process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on QFX5K-family platforms allows a configured EVPN peer to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion via EVPN-VXLAN active-active multihoming route processing.

Risk Assessment

A configured EVPN peer can cause memory exhaustion and service unavailability on QFX5K platforms. This may disrupt EVPN-VXLAN-based network operations.

Recommendation

Upgrade Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on QFX5K platforms to a version containing the fix for the l2ald process. Monitor memory usage and verify trust of EVPN peers.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference vulnerability in the l2ald process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on QFX5K-family platforms allows a configured EVPN peer to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion via EVPN-VXLAN active-active multihoming route processing.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS