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CVE-2026-101983: A Stack Overflow in Junos httpd Reaches the Routing Engine Through J-Web

CVE-2026-101983: A Stack Overflow in Junos httpd Reaches the Routing Engine Through J-Web The Junos httpd process exists to answer web management requests. CVE-2026-101983 turns that small service into a pre-authentication path to code execution on Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved devices, and the enabling condition is one configuration construct that many operators enable without thinking about it:…

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