Medium [CVE-2026-33803] Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a limited information disclosure and availability impact to the device
This medium-severity Juniper Networks advisory covers CVE-2026-33803 affecting Junos OS Evolved, Junos OS, Junos.
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Summary
An Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a limited information disclosure and availability impact to the device.
Due to a wrong initialization, a process which should only be able to communicate internally within the device can be reached over the network via an open port. This leads to a device being inadvertently exposed and increased CPU cycles spent processing ingress packets.
This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:
- all versions before 23.2R2-S7-EVO,
- * all versions before 23
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- 23.2R2-S7-EVO
- 23.4R2-S8-EVO
- 24.2R2-S5-EVO
- 24.4R2-S4-EVO
- 25.2R2-S1-EVO
- 25.4R1-S2-EVO
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 23.2R2-S7-EVO, 23.4R2-S8-EVO, 24.2R2-S5-EVO, 24.4R2-S4-EVO, 25.2R2-S1-EVO, 25.4R1-S2-EVO. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
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