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CVE-2026-21906

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-21906 is an Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability affecting Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series devices. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) by sending a specific ICMP packet through a GRE tunnel when PowerMode IPsec (PMI) and GRE performance acceleration are enabled, leading to denial of service and traffic loss. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, < 21.4R3-S12CPE match
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 22.4, < 22.4R3-S8CPE match
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 23.2, < 23.2R2-S5CPE match
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 23.4, < 23.4R2-S5CPE match
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 24.2, < 24.2R2-S3CPE match
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.7HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
LOW
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

junipervendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

juniperjuniper:ka0Dp000000v7F3IAI

2026-01 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: SRX Series: With GRE performance acceleration enabled, receipt of a specific ICMP packet causes the PFE to crash (CVE-2026-21906)

Jan 14, 2026

References

kb.juniper.net / JSA106005
Vendor Advisory
supportportal.juniper.net / JSA106005
Vendor Advisory
juniper.net / documentation/us/en/software/junos/vpn-ipsec/topics/topic-map/security-powermode-ipsec-vpn.html
Technical Description