{"id":"CVE-2024-21611","aliases":["EUVD-2024-19259","GHSA-gpx7-7c62-m3g8"],"status":"published","title":"Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a jflow scenario continuous route churn will cause a memory leak and eventually an rpd crash","description":"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).\n\nIn 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.\n\nThread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:\n\nuser@host\u003e show task memory detail | match so_in\nso_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320\nso_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS\n\n\n\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.\n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved\n\n\n\n  *  21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;\n  *  22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00586,"percentile":0.48368,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"published":"2024-01-12T00:55:22Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:09:50Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos"},{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos_os_evolved"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os evolved"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75752","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L","tags":["technical-description","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21611"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpx7-7c62-m3g8"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-21611","title":"Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a jflow scenario continuous route churn will cause a memory leak and eventually an rpd crash","description":"\nA 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).\n\nIn 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.\n\nThread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:\n\nuser@host\u003e show task memory detail | match so_in\nso_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320\nso_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS\n\n\n\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.\n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved\n\n\n\n  *  21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;\n  *  22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T00:55:22.381Z","modified":"2025-06-17T21:09:20.069Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-401"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:05.077718Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-19259","description":"\nA 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).\n\nIn 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.\n\nThread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:\n\nuser@host\u003e show task memory detail | match so_in\nso_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320\nso_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS\n\n\n\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.\n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved\n\n\n\n  *  21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;\n  *  22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T00:55:22Z","modified":"2025-06-17T21:09:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:21.531807Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-gpx7-7c62-m3g8","title":"\nA Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Routing Protocol...","description":"\nA 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).\n\nIn 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.\n\nThread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:\n\nuser@host\u003e show task memory detail | match so_in\nso_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320\nso_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS\n\n\n\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.\n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved\n\n\n\n  *  21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;\n  *  22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T03:30:49Z","modified":"2024-01-12T03:30:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-401"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:23.490471Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-21611","description":"\nA 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).\n\nIn 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.\n\nThread level memory utilization for the areas where the leak occurs can be checked using the below command:\n\nuser@host\u003e show task memory detail | match so_in\nso_in6 28 32 344450 11022400 344760 11032320\nso_in 8 16 1841629 29466064 1841734 29467744\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS\n\n\n\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3.\n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved\n\n\n\n  *  21.4-EVO versions earlier than 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions earlier than 22.1R3-EVO;\n  *  22.2-EVO versions earlier than 22.2R3-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 21.4R1.\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2024-01-12T01:15:49.263Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:09:50.023Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-401"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:30.070039Z"}]}}