Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: BGP update with a set of specific attributes causes rpd crash
Published Jan 15, 2026
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
A Buffer Over-read 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).
When an affected device receives a BGP update with a set of specific optional transitive attributes over an established peering session, rpd will crash and restart when attempting to advertise the received information to another peer. This issue can only happen if one or both of the BGP peers of the receiving session are non-4-byte-AS capable as determined from the advertised capabilities during BGP session establishment. Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved default behavior is 4-byte-AS capable unless this has been specifically disabled by configuring:
[ protocols bgp ... disable-4byte-as ]
Established BGP sessions can be checked by executing:
show bgp neighbor <IP address> | match "4 byte AS"
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S8, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S5, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S5-EVO, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6-EVO, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2-EVO, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-EVO.
Affected products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<22.4R3-S8
- Version 23.2StatusaffectedConstraints<23.2R2-S5
- Version 23.4StatusaffectedConstraints<23.4R2-S6
- Version 24.2StatusaffectedConstraints<24.2R2-S2
- Version 24.4StatusaffectedConstraints<24.4R2
- Version
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<22.4R3-S8-EVO
- Version 23.2StatusaffectedConstraints<23.2R2-S5-EVO
- Version 23.4StatusaffectedConstraints<23.4R2-S6-EVO
- Version 24.2StatusaffectedConstraints<24.2R2-S2-EVO
- Version 24.4StatusaffectedConstraints<24.4R2-EVO
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks | Junos OS | unaffected |
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| Juniper Networks | Junos OS Evolved | unaffected |
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- < 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.4
- 24.4
- 24.4
- 24.4
- < 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 22.4
- 23.2
- 23.2
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- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.2
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 23.4
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.2
- 24.4
- 24.4
- 24.4
- 24.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS Evolved: 22.4R3-S8-EVO, 23.2R2-S5-EVO, 23.4R2-S6-EVO, 24.2R2-S2-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO, 25.2R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases; Junos OS: 22.4R3-S8, 23.2R2-S5, 23.4R2-S6, 24.2R2-S2, 24.4R2, 25.2R1, and all subsequent releases.
References (2)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA103166 vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/ vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://kb.juniper.net/JSA103166 | vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory | |
| https://supportportal.juniper.net/ | vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory |
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