CVE-2026-101970

Status: Awaiting AnalysisHigh (7.1)—

Severity7.1High · CVSS 4.0

Exploitation probability0.27 %higher than 18% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A Use After Free vulnerability in the rpd PIM Join/Prune processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to crash the routing daemon via specific PIM messages when sparse mode PIM is configured.

CVSS

Base score: 7.1
Version: 4.0
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:X

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.27 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 18
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement92 %
Primary impactT1499 Endpoint Denial of Serviceimpact88 %

Vector AV:A, PR:N y UI:N; el atacante adyacente no autenticado provoca el fallo del demonio rpd con mensajes PIM, lo que indica denegación de servicio.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Filter Network Traffic Disable or Remove Feature or Program

Affected technologies (2)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Juniper — Junos OS^AI Juniper — Junos OS Evolved^AI

CWEs

CWE-416

References

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https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187

Raw JSON (NVD)

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