Findings

CVE-2026-102053

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 platf…

Published Oct 14, 2026 · updated Oct 15, 2026

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.

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  1. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-102053

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-102053

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-102053

    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-a

    nvd.nist.gov

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