An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX10000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). On all QFX10000 platforms in an EVPN-VxLAN scenario, if an attacker sends IPv6 multicast traffic and these packets reach the non-IRB interface of a spine switch it floods the packet to other spines and all Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI)Â leaf switches. This flooding causes the packet to be forwarded in a endless loop, which can lead to saturation of the involved links and in turn impact to legitimate traffic. This issue affects Junos OS on QFX10000 Series: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S4. This issue does not affect Junos version after 24.4 as the QFX10000 Series devices are not supported on newer versions anymore.
This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it requires adjacent network access 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 3 products from juniper, from juniper, from juniper organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2026, 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.
2026-07-09T22:17:06.887
2026-07-13T20:57:06.157
Analyzed
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 23.2 | 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 | 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 |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | juniper | junos | 24.4 | Yes |
| Hardware | juniper | qfx10008 | - | No |
| Hardware | juniper | qfx10016 | - | No |
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