MajorCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-101979 (CVSS 8.7)
NVD · officialPublished Oct 14, 2026Risk 37/100
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the authd Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network attacker with SNMP read access to execute code with root privileges or cause a denial of service via a specific SNMP packet, when SNMP and AAA are enabled.
Technical details
CVSS
8.7
AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:LowUI:None
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