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CVE-2026-33780 CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-33780

Published: 2026-04-09 22:16:27
Last Modified: 2026-04-17 17:59:50

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a memory leak ultimately leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). In an EVPN-MPLS scenario, routes learned from remote multi-homed Provider Edge (PE) devices are programmed as ESI routes. Due to a logic issue in the l2ald memory management, memory allocated for these routes is not released when there is churn for these routes. As a result, memory leaks in the l2ald process which will ultimately lead to a crash and restart of l2ald. Use the following command to monitor the memory consumption by l2ald: user@device> show system process extensive | match "PID|l2ald" This issue affects: Junos OS: * all versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2; Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 22.4R3-S5-EVO, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3-EVO, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4-EVO, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-EVO.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
6.5
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
Junos OS < 22.4R3-S5
Junos OS < 23.2R2-S3
Junos OS < 23.4R2-S4
Junos OS < 24.2R2
Junos OS Evolved < 22.4R3-S5-EVO
Junos OS Evolved < 23.2R2-S3-EVO
Junos OS Evolved < 23.4R2-S4-EVO
Junos OS Evolved < 24.2R2-EVO

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
#!/usr/bin/env python3 # PoC simulation for CVE-2026-33780 # This script simulates the monitoring of the memory leak # Triggering the actual leak requires a specific EVPN-MPLS environment. import time def check_memory_leak(): """ Simulate checking the memory usage as suggested in the advisory. Command: show system process extensive | match "PID|l2ald" """ print("[*] Monitoring l2ald process memory...") # In a real exploit, we would observe increasing memory usage here for i in range(5): print(f"[*] Check cycle {i+1}: Memory usage increasing...") time.sleep(1) print("[!] Potential DoS condition detected if memory does not free up.") def simulate_route_churn(): """ Simulate the trigger: Route churn in EVPN-MPLS. An adjacent attacker would send route updates to cause memory allocation without release. """ print("[*] Simulating EVPN route churn...") # Logic to send BGP updates would go here print("[+] Trigger sent. l2ald should allocate memory and fail to release it.") if __name__ == "__main__": simulate_route_churn() check_memory_leak()

References

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