CVE-2026-33786

Summary

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the chassis control daemon (chassisd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX1600, SRX2300 and SRX4300 allows a local attacker with low privileges to cause a complete Denial of Service (DoS).

When a specific 'show chassis' CLI command is executed, chassisd crashes and restarts which causes a momentary impact to all traffic until all modules are online again.

This issue affects Junos OS on SRX1600, SRX2300 and SRX4300:

  • 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2.

This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 24.4R1.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Juniper NetworksJunos OS24.4 < 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-754: CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Workarounds

Use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the CLI only from trusted hosts and administrators.

Utilize CLI authorization to disallow execution of the 'show chassis' command.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References