Affects Juniper Junos (widely deployed network OS); remote DoS of routing daemon can cause major network outages for enterprises and carriers.
CVE-2026-102185
Infinite-loop DoS in Junos rpd via EVPN multihoming DF election.
Is CVE-2026-102185 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-102185 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-102185?
CVE-2026-102185 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-102185?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-102185, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-102185 affect?
CVE-2026-102185 affects Juniper Junos OS, Juniper Junos OS Evolved, rpd (routing protocol daemon), EVPN multihoming deployments. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-102185?
Apply Juniper advisory/mitigations immediately; restrict EVPN access and monitor rpd; patch when vendor fixes are released.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote attacker can trigger rpd infinite loop via EVPN multihoming DF election, causing routing process outage and network disruption.
Immediate action required
- affected< 23.2R2-S7.7
- affected>= 23.4 and < 23.4R2-S8.13
- affected>= 24.2 and < 24.2R2-S5.5
- affected>= 24.4 and < 24.4R2-S5
- affected>= 25.2 and < 25.2R2-S2
- affected>= 25.4 and < 25.4R1-S3
- affected>= 26.2 and < 26.2R1-S2
- affected< 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO
- affected>= 23.4 and < 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO
- affected>= 24.2 and < 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO
- affected>= 24.4 and < 24.4R2-S5-EVO
- affected>= 25.2 and < 25.2R2-S2-EVO
- affected>= 25.4 and < 25.4R1-S3-EVO
- affected>= 26.2 and < 26.2R1-S2-EVO
- affected23.4X100
- affected>= 25.2X100 and < 25.2X100-D35-EVO
- affected>= 25.4X300 and < 25.4X300-D40-EVO
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.