An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause an FPC crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). When a specific SNMP GET operation or a specific CLI command is executed this will cause a GUID resource leak, eventually leading to exhaustion and result in an FPC crash and reboot. GUID exhaustion will trigger a syslog message like one of the following for example: evo-pfemand[<pid>]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... evo-aftmand-zx[<pid>]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... This leak can be monitored by running the following command and taking note of the value in the rightmost column labeled Guids: user@host> show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand | match "IFDId|IFLId|Context" Node Application Context Name Live Allocs Fails Guids re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFDId 0 3448 0 3448 re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFLId 0 561 0 561 user@host> show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand | match "IFDId|IFLId|Context" Node Application Context Name Live Allocs Fails Guids re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFDId 0 3784 0 3784 re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFLId 0 647 0 647 This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S3-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO; 21.3-EVO version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-EVO.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from juniper organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2023, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2023-01-13T00:15:10.540
2026-06-17T05:35:21.423
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 20.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | Yes |
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