CVE-2026-102020
HIGHCVE-2026-102020 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the rpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker to cause a denial of service…
Description
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the rpd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker to cause a denial of service via BGP-LS routing updates.
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).
Remediation status
No fixed release is recorded for CVE-2026-102020 yet. Track the upstream advisory, and apply the exposure-reduction steps below in the meantime.
Mitigate without a patch
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Frequently Asked Questions
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