Medium severity · published Jan 9, 2025
CVE-2025-21593
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: On SRv6 enabled devices, an attacker sending a malformed BGP update can cause the rpd to crash
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
before 21.2R3-S9; 21.4 before 21.4R3-S10; 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5; 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4; 22.4 before 22.4R3-S3; 23.2 before 23.2R2-S2; +1 more · source: vendor, NVD
JO
Junos OS Evolved · Juniper Networks
before 21.2R3-S9-EVO; 21.4-EVO before 21.4R3-S10-EVO; 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO; 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO; 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S3-EVO; 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S2-EVO; +1 more · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21593
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21593
Vendor Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA92861
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