CVSS: v3.1: 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)CVSS: v4.0: 6.8 (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/R:A/RE:M)
A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX Series allows a local, authenticated attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).On EX2300, EX4000, EX4100, EX4300-MP (Multigigabit) and EX4400 switches, an authenticated, local attacker with no specific permissions or class can execute a specific, privileged CLI 'request' command which will cause complete traffic impact until the system automatically recovers.
This issue affects Junos OS on EX2300, EX4000, EX4100, EX4300-MP (Multigigabit) and EX4400:
Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
This issue was seen during production usage.
This issue has been assigned CVE-2026-33802.
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 23.2R2-S6, 23.4R2-S8, 24.2R2-S4, 24.4R2-S3, 25.2R2, 25.4R1-S1, 25.4R2, 26.2R1, and all subsequent releases.
This issue is being tracked as 1921391 which is visible on the Customer Support website.
Note: Juniper SIRT's policy is not to evaluate releases which are beyond End of Engineering (EOE) or End of Life (EOL).
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
To reduce the risk of exploitation use command authorization to limit access to 'request' commands.
2026-07-08: Initial Publication