CVE-2026-33774
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to bypass the configured firewall filter and access the control-plane of the device. On MX platforms with MPC10, MPC11, LC4800 or LC9600 line cards, and MX304, firewall filters applied on a loopback interface lo0.n (where n is a non-0 number) don't get executed when lo0.n is in the global VRF / default routing-instance. An affected configuration would be: user@host# show configuration interfaces lo0 | display set set interfaces lo0 unit 1 family inet filter input <filter-name> where a firewall filter is applied to a non-0 loopback interface, but that loopback interface is not referred to in any routing-instance (RI) configuration, which implies that it's used in the default RI. The issue can be observed with the CLI command: user@device> show firewall counter filter <filter_name> not showing any matches. This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series: * all versions before 23.2R2-S6, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.
EPSS 0.04% · 12.1th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | 0, 24.2, 24.4 |
Timeline
- Apr 9, 2026 CVE Published
- May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
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References
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-MX-Series-When-a-specifically-malformed-first-ISAKMP-packet-is-received-kmd-iked-crashes-CVE-2026-33778 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-CTP-OS-Configuring-password-requirements-does-not-work-which-permits-the-use-of-weak-passwords-CVE-2026-33771 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Privileged-local-user-can-gain-access-to-a-Linux-based-FPC-as-root-CVE-2025-30650 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-Insufficient-certificate-verification-for-device-to-SD-cloud-communication-CVE-2026-33779 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-CVE-2022-24805-resolved-in-net-SNMP advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-MX-Series-Missing-Authorization-for-specific-request-CLI-commands-in-a-JDM-CSDS-scenario-CVE-2026-33785 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-EX-Series-QFX-Series-In-a-VXLAN-scenario-when-specific-control-protocol-packets-are-received-memory-leaks-and-eventually-no-traffic-is-passed-CVE-2026-33781 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-MX-Series-Mismatch-between-configured-and-received-packet-types-causes-memory-leak-in-bbe-smgd-CVE-2026-33775 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-MX-Series-Firewall-filters-on-lo0-non-0-in-the-default-routing-instance-are-not-in-effect-CVE-2026-33774 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX1600-SRX2300-SRX4300-When-a-specific-show-command-is-executed-chassisd-crashes-CVE-2026-33786 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-vLWC-Default-password-is-not-required-to-be-changed-which-allows-unauthorized-high-privileged-access-CVE-2026-33784 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-MX-Series-In-specific-DHCPv6-scenarios-jdhcpd-memory-increases-continuously-with-subscriber-logouts-CVE-2026-33782 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-EX-Series-QFX-Series-If-the-same-egress-filter-is-configured-on-both-an-IRB-and-a-physical-interface-one-of-those-is-not-applied-CVE-2026-33773 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-A-high-frequency-of-connecting-and-disconnecting-netconf-sessions-causes-management-unavailability-CVE-2026-21919 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-An-attacker-sending-a-specific-genuine-BGP-packet-causes-a-BGP-reset-CVE-2026-33797 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Specific-low-privileged-CLI-command-exposes-sensitive-information-CVE-2026-33776 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX1500-SRX4100-SRX4200-SRX4600-When-a-specific-show-command-is-executed-chassisd-crashes-CVE-2026-33787 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-SRX-Series-In-a-NAT64-configuration-receipt-of-a-specific-malformed-ICMPv6-packet-will-cause-the-srxpfe-process-to-crash-and-restart-CVE-2026-33790 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-and-Junos-OS-Evolved-Execution-of-crafted-CLI-commands-allows-for-arbitrary-shell-injection-as-root-CVE-2026-33791 advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2026-04-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-A-low-privileged-user-can-escalate-their-privileges-so-that-they-can-login-as-root-CVE-2026-21916 advisory
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