{"id":"CVE-2026-33799","aliases":["EUVD-2026-42700","GHSA-x7c3-q65h-rwrm"],"status":"published","title":"Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a specific SNMPv3 request results in memory leak and eventual snmpd crash","description":"An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the SNMP daemon (snmpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker sending specific valid SNMPv3 queries to trigger a memory leak. Over time, continuous receipt of these queries will result in snmpd process memory exhaustion, resulting in a process crash and restart, impacting the ability to monitor the system via SNMP.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored using the following command:\n\nuser@device\u003e show system processes extensive | match snmpd\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS:\n\n\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7;\n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6;\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3;\n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2;\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2.\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved:\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.1-EVO,\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.4-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00367,"percentile":0.3085,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-787"],"published":"2026-07-09T21:02:31Z","modified":"2026-07-13T12:55:46Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos"},{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos_os_evolved"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os evolved"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110074","tags":["vendor-advisory","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33799"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x7c3-q65h-rwrm"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-33799","title":"Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a specific SNMPv3 request results in memory leak and eventual snmpd crash","description":"An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the SNMP daemon (snmpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker sending specific valid SNMPv3 queries to trigger a memory leak. Over time, continuous receipt of these queries will result in snmpd process memory exhaustion, resulting in a process crash and restart, impacting the ability to monitor the system via SNMP.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored using the following command:\n\nuser@device\u003e show system processes extensive | match snmpd\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS:\n\n\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7;\n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6;\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3;\n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2;\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2.\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved:\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.1-EVO,\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.4-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-09T21:02:31.614Z","modified":"2026-07-10T13:31:54.447Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:08.009733Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-42700","description":"An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the SNMP daemon (snmpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker sending specific valid SNMPv3 queries to trigger a memory leak. Over time, continuous receipt of these queries will result in snmpd process memory exhaustion, resulting in a process crash and restart, impacting the ability to monitor the system via SNMP.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored using the following command:\n\nuser@device\u003e show system processes extensive | match snmpd\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS:\n\n\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7;\n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6;\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3;\n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2;\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2.\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved:\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.1-EVO,\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.4-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-09T21:02:31Z","modified":"2026-07-10T13:31:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:20:03.345658Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-x7c3-q65h-rwrm","title":"An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the SNMP daemon (snmpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and...","description":"An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the SNMP daemon (snmpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker sending specific valid SNMPv3 queries to trigger a memory leak. Over time, continuous receipt of these queries will result in snmpd process memory exhaustion, resulting in a process crash and restart, impacting the ability to monitor the system via SNMP.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored using the following command:\n\nuser@device\u003e show system processes extensive | match snmpd\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS:\n\n\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7;\n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6;\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3;\n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2;\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2.\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved:\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.1-EVO,\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.4-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-09T21:31:21Z","modified":"2026-07-09T21:31:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:09:22.189239Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-33799","description":"An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the SNMP daemon (snmpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated network-based attacker sending specific valid SNMPv3 queries to trigger a memory leak. Over time, continuous receipt of these queries will result in snmpd process memory exhaustion, resulting in a process crash and restart, impacting the ability to monitor the system via SNMP.\n\nMemory usage can be monitored using the following command:\n\nuser@device\u003e show system processes extensive | match snmpd\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS:\n\n\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7;\n  *  from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6;\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3;\n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2;\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2.\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved:\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO;\n  *  from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.1-EVO,\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO;\n  *  all versions of 22.4-EVO,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO;\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO.","status":"published","published":"2026-07-09T21:16:54.963Z","modified":"2026-07-13T12:55:46.097Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:28.4135Z"}]}}