An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the IPsec library used by kmd and iked of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a complete Denial-of-Service (DoS).

If an affected device receives a specifically malformed first ISAKMP packet from the initiator, the kmd/iked process will crash and restart, which momentarily prevents new security associations (SAs) for from being established. Repeated exploitation of this vulnerability causes a complete inability to establish new VPN connections.

This issue affects Junos OS on

SRX Series and MX Series:



* all versions before 22.4R3-S9,
* 23.2 version before 23.2R2-S6,
* 23.4 version before 23.4R2-S7,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3,
* 25.2 versions before 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 22.4R3-S9, 23.2R2-S6, 23.4R2-S7, 24.2R2-S4, 24.4R2-S3, 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2, 25.4R1, and all subsequent releases.


Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

References
History

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the IPsec library used by kmd and iked of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a complete Denial-of-Service (DoS). If an affected device receives a specifically malformed first ISAKMP packet from the initiator, the kmd/iked process will crash and restart, which momentarily prevents new security associations (SAs) for from being established. Repeated exploitation of this vulnerability causes a complete inability to establish new VPN connections. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series: * all versions before 22.4R3-S9, * 23.2 version before 23.2R2-S6, * 23.4 version before 23.4R2-S7, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2.
Title Junos OS: SRX Series, MX Series: When a specifically malformed first ISAKMP packet is received kmd/iked crashes
Weaknesses CWE-1286
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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/AU:Y/RE:M'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T21:35:10.585Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T19:46:13.669Z

Link: CVE-2026-33778

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-09T22:16:26.500

Modified: 2026-04-09T22:16:26.500

Link: CVE-2026-33778

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