# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-0261"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2021-04-22T19:37:20.160Z"
updatedAt: "2024-09-16T19:57:30.093Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:21.187Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-0261"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-0261.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0261"
title: "Junos OS: Denial of Service vulnerability in J-Web and web based (HTTP/HTTPS) services caused by a high number of specific requests"
summary: "A vulnerability in the HTTP/HTTPS service used by J-Web, Web Authentication, Dynamic-VPN (DVPN), Firewall Authentication Pass-Through with Web-Redirect, and Captive Portal allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause an extended Denial of Service (DoS) for these services by sending a high number of specific requests. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S17 on EX Series; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D105 on SRX Series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S8; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D230 on SRX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S11; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S1, 20.2R2."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"12.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"12.3R12-S17"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS","platforms":["EX Series"]},{"versions":[{"version":"12.3X48","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"12.3X48-D105"},{"version":"15.1X49","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"15.1X49-D230"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS","platforms":["SRX Series"]},{"versions":[{"version":"15.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"15.1R7-S8"},{"version":"16.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"16.1R7-S8"},{"version":"17.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S3"},{"version":"18.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.1R3-S11"},{"version":"18.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.2R3-S6"},{"version":"18.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S3"},{"version":"18.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"18.4R2-S5, 18.4R3-S4"},{"version":"19.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S2"},{"version":"19.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.2R1-S5, 19.2R3"},{"version":"19.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.3R2-S4, 19.3R3"},{"version":"19.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S2, 19.4R3"},{"version":"20.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.1R1-S3, 20.1R2"},{"version":"20.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.2R1-S1, 20.2R2"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS"}]

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