An Incorrect Calculation vulnerability in the Layer 2 Control

Protocol

Daemon (l2cpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker flapping the management interface to cause the learning of new MACs over label-switched interfaces (LSI) to stop while generating a flood of logs, resulting in high CPU usage.

When the issue is seen, the following log message will be generated:

op:1 flag:0x6 mac:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx bd:2 ifl:13302 reason:0(REASON_NONE) i-op:6(INTRNL_OP_HW_FORCE_DELETE) status:10 lstatus:10 err:26(GETIFBD_VALIDATE_FAILED) err-reason 4(IFBD_VALIDATE_FAIL_EPOCH_MISMATCH) hw_wr:0x4 ctxsync:0 fwdsync:0 rtt-id:51 p_ifl:0 fwd_nh:0 svlbnh:0 event:- smask:0x100000000 dmask:0x0 mplsmask 0x1 act:0x5800 extf:0x0 pfe-id 0 hw-notif-ifl 13302 programmed-ifl 4294967295 pseudo-vtep underlay-ifl-idx 0 stack:GET_MAC, ALLOCATE_MAC, GET_IFL, GET_IFF, GET_IFBD, STOP,


This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: 

* all versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO, 
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, 
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, 
* from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.

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Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 21.4R3-S7-EVO, 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 22.4R3-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-S1-EVO, 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO, 24.2R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.


Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

History

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Juniper
Juniper junos Os Evolved
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Vendors & Products Juniper
Juniper junos Os Evolved

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An Incorrect Calculation vulnerability in the Layer 2 Control Protocol Daemon (l2cpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker flapping the management interface to cause the learning of new MACs over label-switched interfaces (LSI) to stop while generating a flood of logs, resulting in high CPU usage. When the issue is seen, the following log message will be generated: op:1 flag:0x6 mac:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx bd:2 ifl:13302 reason:0(REASON_NONE) i-op:6(INTRNL_OP_HW_FORCE_DELETE) status:10 lstatus:10 err:26(GETIFBD_VALIDATE_FAILED) err-reason 4(IFBD_VALIDATE_FAIL_EPOCH_MISMATCH) hw_wr:0x4 ctxsync:0 fwdsync:0 rtt-id:51 p_ifl:0 fwd_nh:0 svlbnh:0 event:- smask:0x100000000 dmask:0x0 mplsmask 0x1 act:0x5800 extf:0x0 pfe-id 0 hw-notif-ifl 13302 programmed-ifl 4294967295 pseudo-vtep underlay-ifl-idx 0 stack:GET_MAC, ALLOCATE_MAC, GET_IFL, GET_IFF, GET_IFBD, STOP, This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:  * all versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,  * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,  * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,  * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1-EVO,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
Title Junos OS Evolved: Flapping management interface causes MAC learning on label-switched interfaces to stop
Weaknesses CWE-682
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-15T20:51:32.531Z

Reserved: 2026-01-05T17:32:48.710Z

Link: CVE-2026-21911

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-15T20:51:29.799Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-15T21:16:07.110

Modified: 2026-01-23T16:59:03.777

Link: CVE-2026-21911

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-16T13:43:11Z

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