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Session Smart Router EUVDEUVD-2026-112211

| CVE-2026-103410 HIGH
Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190)
2026-10-28 juniper GHSA-74v7-mwh3-4x8c
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: juniper
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach router-inspected TLS path
  2. Delivery
    Present crafted TLS server certificate
  3. Exploit
    DPI scanner parses certificate fields
  4. Execution
    Integer overflow in certificate scanner
  5. Impact
    Denial of service on router

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Integer overflow checks
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the router's DPI certificate scanner actually inspect an attacker-influenced TLS server certificate - i.e., deep packet inspection of TLS traffic must be in a deployment/configuration where the malicious certificate reaches the vulnerable scanner. Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) no authentication or user interaction is needed and attack complexity is low, so against a router with this inspection path active the attack is remote and unauthenticated. The impact is limited strictly to availability (C:N/I:N/A:H) - denial of service only, with no disclosure or modification. The key limiting factor is the DPI-certificate-inspection code path: deployments where this feature is not exercised are not exposed. Whether that feature is on by default is not confirmed in the available sources; verify against Juniper advisory JSA112183.

Impact

This is a CWE-190 integer overflow in the DPI certificate scanner of Juniper Session Smart Router, scored CVSS 7.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated flaw whose entire impact is availability (A:H), with no confidentiality or integrity effect. The vendor-assigned priority is 'this_week' (not act_now/emergency), which aligns with a DoS-only outcome rather than code execution or data exposure. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit or PoC reference were supplied, so there is no signal of active or imminent exploitation - exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The signals are internally consistent: a serious-but-bounded availability issue that is remotely triggerable but not currently known to be exploited. The practical limiting factor the CVSS vector does not capture is that the vulnerable code path is the DPI certificate scanner, so real-world exposure depends on whether deep packet inspection of TLS certificates is actually enabled on the deployment - this is not independently confirmed in the available sources and should be verified against the Juniper advisory (JSA112183).

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated remote attacker positions a TLS server so that the Session Smart Router's DPI engine inspects its certificate (for example, by inducing or responding to a TLS session that transits the router), then presents a specially crafted server certificate whose fields trigger the integer overflow in the certificate scanner. The overflow crashes or wedges the DPI/forwarding process, producing a denial of service. No public exploit code or PoC was identified in the supplied data, and the precise malformed-certificate structure that triggers the overflow is not described in the available sources.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026

An integer overflow (CWE-190) in the deep-packet-inspection certificate scanner of Juniper Networks Session Smart Router allows a remote attacker to deny service by feeding a specially crafted TLS server certificate through the inspection path. Per the CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (7.5), the flaw is network-reachable, low complexity, and requires no authentication or user interaction, but its entire impact is availability - no confidentiality or integrity effect is assessed. Exposure is bounded by configuration: only deployments in which the DPI certificate scanner actually inspects attacker-influenced TLS certificates are reachable, and whether that inspection is enabled by default is not confirmed in the available sources; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and vulnerability prioritization places this in the this-week remediation window rather than an emergency one.

RemediationAI

No exact fixed release version is listed in the available data, so treat the vendor advisory at https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112183 as the authoritative source for the patched Session Smart Router releases and upgrade to the version it names for your branch; no vendor-released patch is identified at time of analysis beyond that advisory reference. Because the exploit path runs exclusively through the DPI certificate scanner, the concrete interim control is to confirm whether TLS certificate inspection is enabled on each router and, where the business case allows, disable or narrow that inspection so attacker-influenced server certificates no longer reach the vulnerable parser - the trade-off is loss of certificate-based visibility and policy enforcement for inspected TLS flows, which may weaken existing DPI/security policy until the upgrade is applied. Where certificate inspection must remain active, restrict which traffic and peers can drive TLS sessions into the inspection path and track JSA112183 for updated guidance; note that disabling the feature is a compensating measure and not a substitute for the vendor fix, and that no workaround beyond the advisory's own recommendations is confirmed in the available sources. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, so prioritization is driven by the CVSS 7.5 availability impact and the this-week decision label rather than by observed exploitation.

Affected VersionsENISA

Session Smart Router 0 <7.0.5
Session Smart Router 7.2.0 <7.2.3
Session Smart Router 7.1.0 <7.1.7

Affected Packages

euvd session_smart_router fix: 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Session Smart Router is Juniper's software-defined routing product, and its deep packet inspection stack includes a certificate scanner that parses X.509 TLS server certificates observed in inspected traffic - decoding length-prefixed fields and performing size and offset arithmetic on attacker-supplied certificate data. CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound) in that parsing logic is the root-cause class assigned by the vendor, and the delivery vector is a crafted TLS server certificate, meaning the attacker influences the certificate that the scanner consumes rather than attacking the router's own management plane. The CVSS metrics describe severity, not mechanism: the sources do not state which specific arithmetic operation overflows, nor whether the resulting failure is a process crash, an abort of the inspection path, or a broader service disruption. Exploitation conditions are therefore configuration-dependent - the malicious certificate must reach the vulnerable scanner, which requires a deployment where DPI certificate inspection of TLS traffic is active; deployments that do not exercise this code path are not exposed, and default-on status is not confirmed in the available data. All confirmed impact is availability-only (A:H, C:N/I:N), with no disclosure or modification of router data.

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Severity by source

Vendor (juniper) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Remotely reachable certificate parser needs no auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); integer overflow yields a crash only, so C:N/I:N/A:H, scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (juniper).

CVSS VectorVendor: juniper

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 28, 2026 - 17:19 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 28, 2026 - 16:37 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

An Integer Overflow vulnerability in the DPI certificate scanner in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted TLS server certificate.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Juniper Networks Session Smart Router contains a high-severity integer overflow vulnerability in its deep-packet-inspection certificate scanner, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to deny service. Organizations using this router in configurations where the DPI certificate scanner inspects external TLS certificates are at risk of service disruption. Leadership should prioritize remediation due to the potential for operational downtime and impact on network availability.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; interim mitigations include disabling the DPI certificate scanner if not essential, restricting network access to the router's inspection interface, and monitoring for anomalous certificate processing errors.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
Medium
enterprise SD-WAN appliance/software, common in networks but not ubiquitous
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation produces a result that exceeds the maximum value a given integer type can store.

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