CVE-2025-21600
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: With certain BGP options enabled, receipt of specifically malformed BGP update causes RPD crash
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent 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: With certain BGP options enabled, receipt of specifically malformed BGP update causes RPD crash
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-21600- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2566
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-2566- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p52f-fg64-jqxw
An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks...
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:
- All versions 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:
- All versions 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-S2-EVO,
- from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO.
This is a similar, but different vulnerability than the issue reported as CVE-2024-39516.
- Record
GHSA-p52f-fg64-jqxw- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-21600- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-21600 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Juniper Junos, published January 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.