Vulnerability in Junos OS on MX Series (CVE-2026-102080)
Summary
Vulnerability in Junos OS on MX Series (CVE-2026-102080). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An Improper Resource Locking vulnerability in the clock synchronization daemon (clksyncd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows a unauthenticated, logically adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
If a SyncE or PTP upstream node sends a malformed message to an MX device equipped with SCBE3, a false 19.44MHz alarm is generated on the master RE. This leads to persistent RE switchovers and a clksyncd process crash. This issue is outside the attacker's direct control as it's a race condition.
This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:
- All versions before 23.2R2-S7.7;
- 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8.13;
- 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S5.5;
- 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S4;
- 25.2 versions before 25.2R2-S1;
- 25.4 versions before 25.4R1-S2.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-102080 has been found in Junos OS on MX Series.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Junos OS on MX Series CVE-2026-102080" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-102080 (Junos OS on MX Series) — CWE-413 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-413) exists in Junos OS on MX Series.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Junos OS on MX Series.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Junos OS on MX Series を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web sirt@juniper.net
- web github.com