CVE 6.5 MEDIUM

Junos OS: MX Series: Mismatch between configured and received packet types causes memory leak in bbe-smgd_CVE-2026-33775

6.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the BroadBand Edge subscriber management daemon (bbe-smgd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

If the authentication packet-type option is configured and a received packet does not match that packet type, the memory leak occurs. When all memory

available to bbe-smgd has been consumed, no new subscribers will be able to login.

The memory utilization of bbe-smgd can be monitored with the following show command:

user@host> show system processes extensive | match bbe-smgd

The below log message can be observed when this limit has been reached:

bbesmgd[<PID>]: %DAEMON-3-SMD_DPROF_RSMON_ERROR: Resource unavailability, Reason: Daemon Heap Memory exhaustion


This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S8,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S5,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2,
* 25.2 versions before 25.2R2.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-33775
Source juniper
Published Apr 9, 2026 at 21:30

Affected Product

Vendor Juniper Networks
Product Junos OS
Affected Versions Juniper Networks Junos OS 0
Juniper Networks Junos OS 23.2
Juniper Networks Junos OS 23.4
Juniper Networks Junos OS 24.2
Juniper Networks Junos OS 24.4
Juniper Networks Junos OS 25.2

CWE Classification

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