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An Incorrect Calculation vulnerability in the Layer 2 Control
Protocol
Daemon (l2cpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker flapping the management interface to cause the learning of new MACs over label-switched interfaces (LSI) to stop while generating a flood of logs, resulting in high CPU usage.
When the issue is seen, the following log message will be generated:
op:1 flag:0x6 mac:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx bd:2 ifl:13302 reason:0(REASON_NONE) i-op:6(INTRNL_OP_HW_FORCE_DELETE) status:10 lstatus:10 err:26(GETIFBD_VALIDATE_FAILED) err-reason 4(IFBD_VALIDATE_FAIL_EPOCH_MISMATCH) hw_wr:0x4 ctxsync:0 fwdsync:0 rtt-id:51 p_ifl:0 fwd_nh:0 svlbnh:0 event:- smask:0x100000000 dmask:0x0 mplsmask 0x1 act:0x5800 extf:0x0 pfe-id 0 hw-notif-ifl 13302 programmed-ifl 4294967295 pseudo-vtep underlay-ifl-idx 0 stack:GET_MAC, ALLOCATE_MAC, GET_IFL, GET_IFF, GET_IFBD, STOP,
This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S1-EVO,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-01-15
An Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved with BGP sharding configured allows an attacker triggering indirect next-hop updates, along with timing outside the attacker's control, to cause rpd to crash and restart, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
With BGP sharding enabled, triggering route resolution of an indirect next-hop (e.g., an IGP route change over which a BGP route gets resolved), may cause rpd to crash and restart. An attacker causing continuous IGP route churn, resulting in repeated route re-resolution, will increase the likelihood of triggering this issue, leading to a potentially extended DoS condition.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 21.4R3-S6,
* from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-EVO,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO.
Versions before Junos OS 21.3R1 and Junos OS Evolved 21.3R1-EVO are unaffected by this issue.
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-10-09
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
When the device receives a specific BGP UPDATE packet, the rpd crashes and restarts. Continuous receipt of this specific packet will cause a sustained DoS condition.
For the issue to occur, BGP multipath with "pause-computation-during-churn" must be configured on the device, and the attacker must send the paths via a BGP UPDATE from a established BGP peer.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* All versions before 21.4R3-S7,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2.
Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5-EVO,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-EVO,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-07-11
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, logically adjacent BGP peer to cause Denial of Service (DoS).
On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, when BGP rib-sharding and update-threading are configured, and a BGP peer flap is done with specific timing, rpd crashes and restarts. Continuous peer flapping at specific time intervals will result in a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue affects eBGP and iBGP, in both IPv4 and IPv6 implementations. This issue requires a remote attacker to have at least one established BGP session. The issue can occur with or without logical-systems enabled.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* All versions before 20.4R3-S8,
* 21.2 versions before 21.2R3-S6,
* 21.3 versions before 21.3R3-S5,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S4,
* 22.1 versions before 22.1R3-S3,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S1,
* 22.3 versions before 22.3R3,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3.
Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S6-EVO,
* 21.3-EVO versions before 21.3R3-S5-EVO,
* 21.4-EVO versions before 21.4R3-S4-EVO,
* 22.1-EVO versions before 22.1R3-S3-EVO,
* 22.2-EVO versions before :22.2R3-S1-EVO,
* 22.3-EVO versions before 22.3R3-EVO,
* 22.4-EVO versions before 22.4R3-EVO.
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-04-09
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause an FPC to crash, leading to Denial of Service (DoS).
On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, in an EVPN-VXLAN scenario, when specific ARP packets are received on an IPv4 network, or specific NDP packets are received on an IPv6 network, kernel heap memory leaks, which eventually leads to an FPC crash and restart.
This issue does not affect MX Series platforms.
Heap size growth on FPC can be seen using below command.
user@host> show chassis fpc
Temp CPU Utilization (%) CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%)
Slot State (C) Total Interrupt 1min 5min 15min DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer
0 Online 45 3 0 2 2 2 32768 19 0 <<<<<<< Heap increase in all fPCs
This issue affects Junos OS:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S7,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S4,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S1,
* 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S1,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.
and Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S7-EVO,
* 21.4-EVO versions before 21.4R3-S4-EVO,
* 22.2-EVO versions before 22.2R3-S1-EVO,
* 22.3-EVO versions before 22.3R3-S1-EVO,
* 22.4-EVO versions before 22.4R3-EVO.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2025-04-09
This is a similar, but different vulnerability than the issue reported as CVE-2024-39549.
A double-free vulnerability in the routing process daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker to send a malformed BGP Path attribute update which allocates memory used to log the bad path attribute. This double free of memory is causing an rpd crash, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
This issue affects:
Junos OS: * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S4.
Junos OS Evolved: * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S4-EVO.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2025-02-05
An Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved's routing protocol daemon (rpd) allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to send malformed BGP packets to a device configured with packet receive trace options enabled to crash rpd.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* from 21.2R3-S8 before 21.2R3-S9,
* from 21.4R3-S7 before 21.4R3-S9,
* from 22.2R3-S4 before 22.2R3-S5,
* from 22.3R3-S2 before 22.3R3-S4,
* from 22.4R3 before 22.4R3-S5,
* from 23.2R2 before 23.2R2-S2,
* from 23.4R1 before 23.4R2-S1,
* from 24.2R1 before 24.2R1-S1, 24.2R2.
Junos OS Evolved:
* from 21.4R3-S7-EVO before 21.4R3-S9-EVO,
* from 22.2R3-S4-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,
* from 22.3R3-S2-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO,
* from 22.4R3-EVO before 22.4R3-S5-EVO,
* from 23.2R2-EVO before 23.2R2-S2-EVO,
* from 23.4R1-EVO before 23.4R2-S1-EVO,
* from 24.2R1-EVO before 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO.
This issue requires a BGP session to be established.
This issue can propagate and multiply through multiple ASes until reaching vulnerable devices.
This issue affects iBGP and eBGP.
This issue affects IPv4 and IPv6.
An indicator of compromise may be the presence of malformed update messages in a neighboring AS which is unaffected by this issue:
For example, by issuing the command on the neighboring device:
show log messages
Reviewing for similar messages from devices within proximity to each other may indicate this malformed packet is propagating:
rpd[<pid>]: Received malformed update from <IP address> (External AS <AS#>)
and
rpd[<pid>]: Malformed Attribute
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2025-01-09
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker sending a specific BGP update packet to cause rpd to crash and restart, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Continuous receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue affects iBGP and eBGP, and both IPv4 and IPv6 are affected by this vulnerability.
This issue affects Junos OS:
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S9,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3,
* from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2;
This issue does not affect versions prior to 21.1R1.
Junos OS Evolved:
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S9-EVO,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4-EVO,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5-EVO,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3-EVO,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3-EVO,
* from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO.
This issue does not affect versions prior to 21.1R1-EVO
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-01-09
An Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
On devices with SRv6 (Segment Routing over IPv6) enabled, an attacker can send a malformed BGP UPDATE packet which will cause the rpd to crash and restart. Continued receipt of these UPDATE packets will cause a sustained DoS condition.
This issue affects iBGP and eBGP, and both IPv4 and IPv6 are affected by this vulnerability.This issue affects Junos OS:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S10,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S2,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2;
and Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S9-EVO,
* from 21.4-EVO before 21.4R3-S10-EVO,
* from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,
* from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO,
* from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S3-EVO,
* from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S2-EVO,
* from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-EVO.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-01-09
An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability in
the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of
Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, logically adjacent BGP peer sending a specifically malformed BGP packet to cause rpd to crash and restart, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue only affects systems configured in
either of two ways:
* systems with BGP traceoptions enabled
* systems with BGP family traffic-engineering (BGP-LS)
configured
and can be exploited from a directly connected and configured BGP peer.
This issue affects iBGP and eBGP
with
any address family
configured, and both IPv4 and IPv6 are affected by this vulnerability.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
*
from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S9,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,
* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3,
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3,
* from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* from 21.4-EVO before 21.4R3-S9-EVO,
* from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,
* from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO,
* from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S5-EVO,
* from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S3-EVO,
* from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-S2-EVO,
* from 24.2-EVO before 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO.
This issue does not affect versions of Junos OS prior to 21.3R1.
This issue does not affect versions of Junos OS Evolved prior to 21.3R1-EVO.
This is a similar, but different vulnerability than the issue reported as CVE-2024-39516.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-01-09
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