If an SRX Series device configured for DNS processing, receives a specifically formatted DNS request flowd will crash and restart, which causes a service interruption until the process has recovered.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S1,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2.
This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.4R1.
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Solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 23.4R2-S5, 24.2R2-S1, 24.4R2, 24.4R2-S1, 25.2R1, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx1500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx1600:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx2300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx320:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx345:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx380:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx4100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx4120:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx4200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx4300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx4600:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx4700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx5400:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx5600:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:juniper:srx5800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Juniper
Juniper junos Juniper srx1500 Juniper srx1600 Juniper srx2300 Juniper srx300 Juniper srx320 Juniper srx340 Juniper srx345 Juniper srx380 Juniper srx4100 Juniper srx4120 Juniper srx4200 Juniper srx4300 Juniper srx4600 Juniper srx4700 Juniper srx5400 Juniper srx5600 Juniper srx5800 |
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:15:00 +0000
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Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000
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Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:45:00 +0000
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| Description | An Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in the DNS 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 Series device configured for DNS processing, receives a specifically formatted DNS request flowd will crash and restart, which causes a service interruption until the process has recovered. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series: * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S1, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2. This issue does not affect Junos OS versions before 23.4R1. | |
| Title | Junos OS: SRX Series: If a specific request is processed by the DNS subsystem flowd will crash | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-252 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: juniper
Published:
Updated: 2026-01-15T20:59:21.070Z
Reserved: 2026-01-05T17:32:48.712Z
Link: CVE-2026-21920
Updated: 2026-01-15T20:59:08.031Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-01-15T21:16:08.217
Modified: 2026-01-23T18:51:59.987
Link: CVE-2026-21920
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-01-16T13:42:57Z