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CVE-2026-103994

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the VXLAN Gateway Daemon (vgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS. A malicious or compromised SDN-controller can cause a complete outage of the OVSDB control plane and possibly remote code execution.

Risk Assessment

A malicious SDN controller can paralyze the OVSDB control plane and, in the worst case, achieve remote code execution on the device.

Recommendation

Update Junos OS to a patched version and secure communication with SDN controllers through authentication and network segmentation.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the VXLAN Gateway Daemon (vgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a malicious or compromised SDN-controller to cause a complete outage of the OVSDB control plane and possibly remote code execution.

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