CVE-2026-33798

Status: Awaiting AnalysisHigh (8.7)—

Severity8.7High · CVSS 4.0

Exploitation probability0.35 %higher than 27% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the srxpfe of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on the SRX Series allows an L2-adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code as root via high-availability fabric traffic.

CVSS

Base score: 8.7
Version: 4.0
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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: 0.35 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 27
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 movement85 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution80 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation60 %

Vector AV:A/PR:N/UI:N: explotable desde red adyacente sin privilegios ni interacción; el texto indica ejecución de código arbitrario como root vía tráfico de alta disponibilidad (desbordamiento de búfer).

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

Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Execution Prevention Disable or Remove Feature or Program Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection

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-121

References

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https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112186

Raw JSON (NVD)

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