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When all available memory has been exhausted, jdhcpd will crash and restart which causes a complete service impact until the process has recovered.<br><br>The memory usage of jdhcpd can be monitored with:<br><br><tt>user@host&gt; show system processes extensive | match jdhcpd</tt><br><p><br></p><p>This issue affects Junos OS:</p><ul><li>all versions before 22.4R3-S1,</li><li>23.2 versions before 23.2R2,</li><li>23.4 versions before 23.4R2.</li></ul><p><br></p>"}],"value":"A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the DHCP daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series, allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a memory leak, that will eventually cause a complete Denial-of-Service (DoS).\n\nIn a DHCPv6 over PPPoE, or DHCPv6 over VLAN with Active lease query or Bulk lease query scenario, every subscriber logout will leak a small amount of memory. When all available memory has been exhausted, jdhcpd will crash and restart which causes a complete service impact until the process has recovered.\n\nThe memory usage of jdhcpd can be monitored with:\n\nuser@host> show system processes extensive | match jdhcpd\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS:\n\n  *  all versions before 22.4R3-S1,\n  *  23.2 versions before 23.2R2,\n  *  23.4 versions before 23.4R2."}],"exploits":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability."}],"value":"Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"ADJACENT_NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]},{"cvssV4_0":{"Automatable":"YES","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/RE:M","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE","vulnerabilityResponseEffort":"MODERATE"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-401","description":"CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"8cbe9d5a-a066-4c94-8978-4b15efeae968","shortName":"juniper","dateUpdated":"2026-04-09T21:29:45.496Z"},"references":[{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://kb.juniper.net/JSA107820"}],"solutions":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 22.4R3-S1, 23.2R2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1, and all subsequent releases."}],"value":"The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 22.4R3-S1, 23.2R2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1, and all subsequent releases."}],"source":{"advisory":"JSA107820","defect":["1777055"],"discovery":"USER"},"title":"Junos OS: MX Series: In specific DHCPv6 scenarios jdhcpd memory increases continuously with subscriber logouts","workarounds":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"There are no known workarounds for this issue."}],"value":"There are no known workarounds for this issue."}],"x_generator":{"engine":"Vulnogram 0.1.0-dev"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2026-33782","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-04-13T17:39:56.482866Z"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2026-04-13T18:06:19.824Z"}}]}}