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CVE-2026-33782

HIGH CVSS 4.0: 8.7 EPSS 0.05%
Updated Apr 17, 2026
Juniper
Parameter Value
CVSS 8.7 (HIGH)
Affected Versions before 22.4
Fixed In 22.4
Type CWE-401 (Memory Leak)
Vendor Juniper
Public PoC No

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). In 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.

The memory usage of jdhcpd can be monitored with: user@host> show system processes extensive | match jdhcpd This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.4R3-S1, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
None
No data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Vulnerable Products 28

Configuration From (including) Up to (excluding)
Juniper Junos
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22.4
Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Junos
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Juniper Mx10004
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Juniper Mx10008
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Juniper Mx2008
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Juniper Mx2010
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Juniper Mx2020
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Juniper Mx204
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Juniper Mx240
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Juniper Mx301
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Juniper Mx304
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Juniper Mx480
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Juniper Mx960
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