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CVE-2025-21601

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

Published

2025-04-09T20:15:26.350

Last Modified

2025-08-11T15:03:15.180

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-573
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System juniper junos ≤ 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 22.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 23.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 24.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 24.2 Yes
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