CVE-2026-101927

high

Description

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in eventd of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on all platforms allows an unprivileged local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) or achieve privilege escalation to root via crafted IPC event messages.

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-101486

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-14

Updated: 2026-10-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00155