An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause impact to confidentiality and availability. When an output firewall filter is configured with one or more terms where the action is 'reject', packets matching these terms are erroneously sent to the Routing Engine (RE) and further processed there. Processing of these packets will consume limited RE resources. Also responses from the RE back to the source of this traffic could reveal confidential information about the affected device. This issue only applies to firewall filters applied to WAN or revenue interfaces, so not the mgmt or lo0 interface of the routing-engine, nor any input filters. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series: * all versions before 22.4R3-EVO, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-EVO.
This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, 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 limited data confidentiality, and limited availability for affected systems. Impacting 10 products from juniper, from juniper, from juniper and 7 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2025, 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.
2025-10-09T16:15:45.950
2026-01-23T18:36:15.230
Analyzed
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | < 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 22.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 23.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 23.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 23.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos_os_evolved | 23.2 | Yes |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx1000 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx10001-36mr | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx10002 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx10003 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx10004 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx10008 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx10016 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx3000 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | ptx5000 | - | No |
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