CVE-2024-21611
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a jflow scenario continuous route churn will cause a memory leak and eventually an rpd crash
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective 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).
In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd.
Thread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:
user@host> show task memory detail | match so_in so_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320 so_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744 This issue affects:
Junos OS
- 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;
- 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.
Junos OS Evolved
- 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;
- 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;
- 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.
This issue does not affect:
Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a jflow scenario continuous route churn will cause a memory leak and eventually an rpd crash
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective 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).
In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd.
Thread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:
user@host> show task memory detail | match so_in so_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320 so_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744 This issue affects:
Junos OS
- 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;
- 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.
Junos OS Evolved
- 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;
- 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;
- 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.
This issue does not affect:
Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.
- Record
CVE-2024-21611- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-19259
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective 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).
In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd.
Thread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:
user@host> show task memory detail | match so_in so_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320 so_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744 This issue affects:
Junos OS
- 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;
- 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.
Junos OS Evolved
- 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;
- 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;
- 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.
This issue does not affect:
Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.
- Record
EUVD-2024-19259- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gpx7-7c62-m3g8
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Routing Protocol...
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective 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).
In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd.
Thread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:
user@host> show task memory detail | match so_in so_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320 so_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744 This issue affects:
Junos OS
- 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;
- 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.
Junos OS Evolved
- 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;
- 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;
- 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.
This issue does not affect:
Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.
- Record
GHSA-gpx7-7c62-m3g8- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective 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).
In a Juniper Flow Monitoring (jflow) scenario route churn that causes BGP next hops to be updated will cause a slow memory leak and eventually a crash and restart of rpd.
Thread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:
user@host> show task memory detail | match so_in so_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320 so_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744 This issue affects:
Junos OS
- 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;
- 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.
Junos OS Evolved
- 21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;
- 22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;
- 22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.
This issue does not affect:
Juniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.
- Record
CVE-2024-21611- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-21611 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Juniper Junos, published January 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.