An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the Web-Filtering module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

If an SRX device configured for UTM Web-Filtering receives a specifically malformed SSL packet, this will cause an FPC crash and restart.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:



* 23.2 versions from 23.2R2-S2 before 23.2R2-S5, 
* 23.4 versions from 23.4R2-S1 before 23.4R2-S5,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2.


Earlier versions of Junos are also affected, but no fix is available.
Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 23.2R2-S5, 23.4R2-S5, 24.2R2-S2, 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2, 25.2R1, and all subsequent releases.


Workaround

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History

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description An Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input vulnerability in the Web-Filtering module of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If an SRX device configured for UTM Web-Filtering receives a specifically malformed SSL packet, this will cause an FPC crash and restart. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series: * 23.2 versions from 23.2R2-S2 before 23.2R2-S5,  * 23.4 versions from 23.4R2-S1 before 23.4R2-S5, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2. Earlier versions of Junos are also affected, but no fix is available.
Title Junos OS: SRX Series: Specifically malformed SSL packet causes FPC crash
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/R:A/RE:M'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-15T21:12:37.455Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T17:32:48.711Z

Link: CVE-2026-21917

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-15T21:16:07.877

Modified: 2026-01-15T21:16:07.877

Link: CVE-2026-21917

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