CVE-2026-21920: Junos OS: SRX Series: If a specific request is processed by the DNS subsystem flowd will crash
Juniper Networks · Junos OS
Vendor fix available · Affected: Juniper Networks Junos OS · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the DNS module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If an SRX Series device configured for DNS processing, receives a specifically formatted DNS request flowd will crash and restart, which causes a service interruption until the process has recovered. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series: * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S1, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2. This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.4R1.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Juniper Networks · Junos OSfrom 23.4 before 23.4R2-S5; from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S1; from 24.4 before 24.4R2
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Juniper Networks
- Published
- January 2026
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