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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2025-21601

Junos OS: SRX and EX Series, MX240, MX480, MX960, QFX5120 Series: When web management is enabled for specific services an attacker may cause a CPU spike by sending genuine packets to the device

Description

An Improper Following of Specification by Caller vulnerability in web management (J-Web, Captive Portal, 802.1X, Juniper Secure Connect (JSC) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, EX Series, MX240, MX480, MX960, QFX5120 Series, allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker, sending genuine traffic targeted to the device to cause the CPU to climb until the device becomes unresponsive. Continuous receipt of these packets will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects Junos OS:  * All versions before 21.4R3-S9, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S4, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3, * from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S1, 24.2R2. An indicator of compromise is to review the CPU % of the httpd process in the CLI: e.g.   show system processes extensive | match httpd  PID nobody       52   0   20M    191M select   2   0:01   80.00% httpd{httpd} <<<<< the percentage of httpd usage if high may be an indicator

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Juniper Networks Junos OS

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 21.4R3-S9affected
  • 22.2 to < 22.2R3-S5affected
  • 22.4 to < 22.4R3-S4affected
  • 23.2 to < 23.2R2-S3affected
  • 23.4 to < 23.4R2-S3affected
  • 24.2 to < 24.2R1-S1, 24.2R2affected

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