Description A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Layer 2 Address Learning Daemon (l2ald) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a memory leak ultimately leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
In an EVPN-MPLS scenario, routes learned from remote multi-homed Provider Edge (PE) devices are programmed as ESI routes. Due to a logic issue in the l2ald memory management, memory allocated for these routes is not released when there is churn for these routes. As a result, memory leaks in the l2ald process which will ultimately lead to a crash and restart of l2ald.
Use the following command to monitor the memory consumption by l2ald:
user@device> show system process extensive | match "PID|l2ald"
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S5,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S5-EVO,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3-EVO,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4-EVO,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-EVO.
Metrics CVSS Version 4.0 CVSS Version 3.x CVSS Version 2.0 SSVC
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
No data available for CVSS Version 2.0 on this CVE.
CISA-ADP
Assessed Apr 13, 2026 Exploitation: NoneAutomatable: NoTechnical Impact: Partial
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Weakness Enumeration Affected Products Product Versions juniper junos < 22.4
22.4 -
22.4 r1
22.4 r1-s1
22.4 r1-s2
22.4 r2
22.4 r2-s1
22.4 r2-s2
22.4 r3
22.4 r3-s1
22.4 r3-s2
22.4 r3-s3
22.4 r3-s4
23.2 -
23.2 r1
23.2 r1-s1
23.2 r1-s2
23.2 r2
23.2 r2-s1
23.2 r2-s2
23.4 -
23.4 r1
23.4 r1-s1
23.4 r1-s2
23.4 r2
23.4 r2-s1
23.4 r2-s2
23.4 r2-s3
24.2 -
24.2 r1
24.2 r1-s1
24.2 r1-s2
Viewing 5 of 32 versions. View all CPE cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* Remediation No remediation found in references. juniper junos os evolved < 22.4
22.4 -
22.4 r1
22.4 r1-s1
22.4 r1-s2
22.4 r2
22.4 r2-s1
22.4 r2-s2
22.4 r3
22.4 r3-s1
22.4 r3-s2
22.4 r3-s3
22.4 r3-s4
23.2 -
23.2 r1
23.2 r1-s1
23.2 r1-s2
23.2 r2
23.2 r2-s1
23.2 r2-s2
23.4 -
23.4 r1
23.4 r1-s1
23.4 r1-s2
23.4 r2
23.4 r2-s1
23.4 r2-s2
23.4 r2-s3
24.2 -
24.2 r1
24.2 r1-s2
Viewing 5 of 31 versions. View all CPE cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* Remediation No remediation found in references.
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