An Incorrect Initialization of Resource vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on specific EX Series and QFX Series device allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause an integrity impact to downstream networks.

When the same family inet or inet6 filter is applied on an IRB interface and on a physical interface as egress filter on EX4100, EX4400, EX4650 and QFX5120 devices, only one of the two filters will be applied, which can lead to traffic being sent out one of these interfaces which should have been blocked.

This issue affects Junos OS on EX Series and QFX Series:
* 23.4 version 23.4R2-S6,
* 24.2 version 24.2R2-S3.


No other Junos OS versions are affected.

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Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 23.4R2-S7, 24.2R2-S4.


Workaround

Two different workarounds are available: 1. create the same filter but under a different name and apply that to one of the interfaces, so that each interface has a unique copy of the filter in question as shown in the following example: user@host# copy ... <filter> to ... <filter2> user@host# set interfaces irb unit <unit2> family inet/inet6 filter output <filter2> 2. configure the filter as "interface specific" by adding the keyword to the filter definition: [ firewall family inet/inet6 filter <filter> interface-specific ] which implicitly creates a copy of the original filter per applied interface.

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History

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juniper
Juniper ex2300
Juniper ex2300-c
Juniper ex3400
Juniper ex4000
Juniper ex4100
Juniper ex4100-f
Juniper ex4100-h
Juniper ex4300
Juniper ex4400
Juniper ex4600
Juniper ex4650
Juniper ex9204
Juniper ex9208
Juniper ex9214
Juniper junos
Juniper qfx10008
Juniper qfx10016
Juniper qfx5110
Juniper qfx5120
Juniper qfx5130
Juniper qfx5200
Juniper qfx5210
Juniper qfx5220
Juniper qfx5230-64cd
Juniper qfx5240
Juniper qfx5241
Juniper qfx5700
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex2300-c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex2300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex3400:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4100-f:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4100-h:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4400:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4600:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4650:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex9204:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex9208:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex9214:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx10008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx10016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5110:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5120:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5130:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5210:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5220:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5230-64cd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5240:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5241:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Juniper
Juniper ex2300
Juniper ex2300-c
Juniper ex3400
Juniper ex4000
Juniper ex4100
Juniper ex4100-f
Juniper ex4100-h
Juniper ex4300
Juniper ex4400
Juniper ex4600
Juniper ex4650
Juniper ex9204
Juniper ex9208
Juniper ex9214
Juniper junos
Juniper qfx10008
Juniper qfx10016
Juniper qfx5110
Juniper qfx5120
Juniper qfx5130
Juniper qfx5200
Juniper qfx5210
Juniper qfx5220
Juniper qfx5230-64cd
Juniper qfx5240
Juniper qfx5241
Juniper qfx5700

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os
Vendors & Products Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks junos Os

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An Incorrect Initialization of Resource vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on specific EX Series and QFX Series device allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause an integrity impact to downstream networks. When the same family inet or inet6 filter is applied on an IRB interface and on a physical interface as egress filter on EX4100, EX4400, EX4650 and QFX5120 devices, only one of the two filters will be applied, which can lead to traffic being sent out one of these interfaces which should have been blocked. This issue affects Junos OS on EX Series and QFX Series: * 23.4 version 23.4R2-S6, * 24.2 version 24.2R2-S3. No other Junos OS versions are affected.
Title 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
Weaknesses CWE-1419
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-13T18:06:20.091Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T19:46:13.668Z

Link: CVE-2026-33773

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-13T17:58:44.055Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-09T22:16:25.590

Modified: 2026-04-17T17:56:54.663

Link: CVE-2026-33773

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-18T17:30:05Z

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