CVE-2026-102053

Status: Awaiting AnalysisMedium (6.9)—

Severity6.9Medium · CVSS 4.0

Exploitation probability0.33 %higher than 24% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

CVSS

Base score: 6.9
Version: 4.0
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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: 0.33 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 24
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.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access75 %
Primary impactT1499 Endpoint Denial of Serviceimpact90 %

El vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N indica explotación remota sin credenciales; la descripción cita denegación de servicio por agotamiento de memoria en l2ald (CWE-401).

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

Filter Network Traffic Vulnerability Scanning Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Application Isolation and Sandboxing

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-401

References

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https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187

Raw JSON (NVD)

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