High severity · published Jul 11, 2025
CVE-2025-52981
Junos OS: SRX Series: Sequence of specific PIM packets causes a flowd crash
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the flow processing daemon (flowd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on
SRX1600, SRX2300, SRX 4000 Series, and SRX5000 Series with SPC3
allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
If a sequence of specific PIM packets is received, this will cause a flowd crash and restart.
This issue affects Junos OS:
* all versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S11,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S7,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S4,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2.
This is a similar, but different vulnerability than the issue reported as
CVE-2024-47503, published in JSA88133.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% 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-S11; 22.2 before 22.2R3-S7; 22.4 before 22.4R3-S6; 23.2 before 23.2R2-S4; 23.4 before 23.4R2-S4; +1 more · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52981
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52981
Vendor Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA100087
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