What is GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2?

GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the authd Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2 cover?

GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-101979. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2?

GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2HighCVSS 8.8

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the authd Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 14, 2026

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-101979 →

📋 Description

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the authd Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network attacker with SNMP read access to execute code with root privileges or cause a denial of service via a specific SNMP packet, when SNMP and AAA are enabled.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101979
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cgph-8w37-fcq2