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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-33775

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...

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).

At a glance

Exploited
Not known
Severity
7.1 High (CVSS 4.0)
Chance of exploitation
0.2% in the next 30 days
Sources
2 independent sources

What to do

Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and fixes.

Read NVD CVE-2026-33775 (opens a new tab)

What happened

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:

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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.

Scores and how they were measured

CVSS base severity

7.1

Version 4.0As of

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:X

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How bad it is if exploited. Not a prediction of exploitation or proof you are exposed.

EPSS probability

0.2%

Scored Percentile 9.1%

Model and measurement source (opens a new tab)

A model's estimate of exploitation in the next 30 days, not certainty or your own risk.

Related technology

Sources

  1. Primary source

    NVD CVE-2026-33775 (opens a new tab)

    NVD record: description, CVSS (the CNA score is preferred), affected products, and publication date. Not evidence of exploitation.

    Published Checked

  2. Primary source

    Vendor advisory (via NVD references) (opens a new tab)

    The vendor advisory referenced by the CVE record, for affected versions and fixes.

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  3. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

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    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

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    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

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    FIRST measured EPSS score (opens a new tab)

    Measured EPSS probability and percentile for CVE-2026-33775, scored 2026-10-26. This is a model estimate, not proof of exposure.

    Published Checked

Cite this record

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, October 26). 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... (CVE-2026-33775). https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-33775

MLA

"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... (CVE-2026-33775)." KEVWire, 26 Oct. 2026, kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-33775.

Chicago

KEVWire. "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... (CVE-2026-33775)." Last modified October 26, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-33775.

Evidence summary (plain text)

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... (Apr 9, 2026).
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.
CVSS 7.1 (version 4.0; evidence as of Oct 26, 2026; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33775).
EPSS 0.2% for the following 30 days, scored Oct 26, 2026 (https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-33775&date=2026-10-26).
Sources:
NVD CVE-2026-33775: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33775
Vendor advisory (via NVD references): https://kb.juniper.net/JSA107821
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-10-26T21:46:18.206Z&lastModEndDate=2026-10-26T23:15:56.398Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-10-26T21:12:32.956Z&lastModEndDate=2026-10-26T22:45:54.988Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-10-26T20:37:18.143Z&lastModEndDate=2026-10-26T22:10:56.995Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=500
FIRST measured EPSS score: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-33775&date=2026-10-26
Record ID: CVE-2026-33775.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
Known exploitation: Not assessed.
Zero-day status: Not assessed. KEV membership alone does not establish zero-day status.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Oct 27, 2026, 01:40 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

NVD status: Analyzed. Publication in the NVD is not evidence of exploitation.

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