Integer underflow in Juniper Session Smart Router DHCP parsing
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Juniper Networks Session Smart Router versions before 7.0.5, from 7.1.0 before 7.1.7 and from 7.2.0 before 7.2.3 are affected. An integer underflow in DhcpMessageDecoder (CWE-191) is triggered during DHCP option parsing. An unauthenticated attacker with local network access can send a malicious DHCP reply to disclose information or crash the service.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
An Integer Underflow vulnerability in DhcpMessageDecoder in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router allows an attacker with local network access to cause information disclosure and a denial of service via a malicious DHCP reply.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper | Session Smart Router | before 7.0.5; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.7; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.3 | 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Session Smart Router VendorJuniper Affected before 7.0.5; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.7; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.3 Fixed in 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Upgrade Juniper Session Smart Router to version 7.0.5, 7.1.7 or 7.2.3, depending on the release branch in use.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Session Smart Router (Juniper Networks) Fixed in 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Juniper Networks Session Smart Router — supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112183
16 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 11 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-82040 Missing authentication in Juniper Session Smart Router grants admin accessPriority MEDIUM 49
- TI-2026-82044 OS command injection in Juniper Session Smart Router and ConductorPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-82034 OS command injection in Juniper Session Smart Router and ConductorPriority MEDIUM 42
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103411
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-qfqf-wwr7-vhxm
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Juniper vulnerabilities
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- TI-2020-01585 Out of Cycle Security Advisory: Junos OS: Security vulnerability in J-Web and web based (HTTP/HTTPS) services KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-06436 Juniper ScreenOS 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18, 6.3.0r12 before 6.3.0r12b, 6.3.0r13 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-20885 Apache Commons Text prior to 1.10.0 allows RCE when applied to untrusted input due to insecure interpolation defaults CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-15550 Junos OS: An local attacker with shell access can execute arbitrary code KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-103411 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103411 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qfqf-wwr7-vhxm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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