CVE-2026-21901

Summary

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the management daemon (mgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, high-privileged attacker setting or deactivating a specific SSH configuration parameter to create a Denial of Service (DoS).

A local high-privileged user configuring or deactivating a specific 'system services ssh' configuration parameter can exploit a null pointer dereference in one of the functions used by SSH. The function attempts to dereference a null pointer when accessing certain configuration data, resulting in an mgd process crash and restart. Continued execution of these configuration commands will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

This issue affects: Junos OS:

• from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S5;
• from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S10;
• from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S7;
• from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8.

This issue does not affect Junos OS before 22.3R1.

Junos OS Evolved:

• from 22.3R1-EVO before 23.2R2-S7-EVO;
• from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8-EVO.

This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved before 22.3R1-EVO.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-476: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Workarounds

There are no direct workarounds for this issue.

One of the following mitigations will prevent malicious exploitation:

• Use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the CLI only from trusted hosts and administrators.
• Utilize command authorization to limit the ability to enter config mode to trusted administrators.

References

• https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-g4f7-w2rc-hpj6
• https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110072

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