CVE-2026-21912

MEDIUM

Junos OS - TOCTOU

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in the method to collect FPC Ethernet firmware statistics of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX10k Series allows a local, low-privileged attacker executing the 'show system firmware' CLI command to cause an LC480 or LC2101 line card to reset. On MX10k Series systems with LC480 or LC2101 line cards, repeated execution of the 'show system firmware' CLI command can cause the line card to crash and restart. Additionally, some time after the line card crashes, chassisd may also crash and restart, generating a core dump.This issue affects Junos OS on MX10k Series:  * all versions before 21.2R3-S10,  * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S9,  * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S7,  * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S6,  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S2,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3,  * from 24.2 before 24.2R2.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (4)
juniper/junos 21.2 (17 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.4 (16 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 22.2 (14 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 22.4 (3 CPE variants)
Published Jan 15, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026