Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: If SRTE tunnels provisioned via PCEP are present and specific gRPC queries are received evo-aftmand crashes
A Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type vulnerability in the sensor interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows a network-based, authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a complete Denial of Service (DoS). If colored SRTE policy tunnels are provisioned via PCEP, and gRPC is used to monitor traffic in these tunnels, evo-aftmand crashes and doesn't restart which leads to a complete and persistent service impact. The system has to be manually restarted to recover. The issue is seen only when the Originator ASN field in PCEP contains a value larger than 65,535 (32-bit ASN). The issue is not reproducible when SRTE policy tunnels are statically configured. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series: * all versions before 22.4R3-S9-EVO, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S6-EVO, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7-EVO, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4-EVO, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S2-EVO, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R1-S2-EVO, 25.2R2-EVO.
- Published
- Apr 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 34th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-686
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Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
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CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · juniper
- 6.5
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos os evolved | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved |
| juniper | ptx10001-36mr | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ptx10001-36mr |
| juniper | ptx10002-36qdd | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ptx10002-36qdd |
| juniper | ptx10003 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ptx10003 |
| juniper | ptx10004 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ptx10004 |
| juniper | ptx10008 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ptx10008 |
| juniper | ptx10016 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ptx10016 |
| juniper | ptx12008 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ptx12008 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- juniper junos os evolvedbefore 22.4
- juniper junos os evolved22.4
- juniper junos os evolved23.2
- juniper junos os evolved23.4
- juniper junos os evolved24.2
- juniper junos os evolved24.4
- juniper junos os evolved25.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (juniper). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
- before 22.4R3-S9-EVOaffected · semver
- 23.2 and later · before 23.2R2-S6-EVOaffected · semver
- 23.4 and later · before 23.4R2-S7-EVOaffected · semver
- 24.2 and later · before 24.2R2-S4-EVOaffected · semver
- 24.4 and later · before 24.4R2-S2-EVOaffected · semver
- 25.2 and later · before 25.2R1-S2-EVO, 25.2R2-EVOaffected · semver
Same product
juniper: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-21902Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: A vulnerability allows a unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root42Plan
- CVE-2023-28983Junos OS Evolved: Shell Injection vulnerability in the gNOI server35Monitor
- CVE-2022-22239Junos OS Evolved: The ssh CLI command always runs as root which can lead to privilege escalation35Monitor
- CVE-2026-33788Junos OS Evolved: Local, authenticated attacker can gain privileged access to FPCs34Monitor
- CVE-2025-52954Junos OS Evolved: A low-privileged user can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, thereby compromising the system34Monitor
- CVE-2025-21599Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of specifically malformed IPv6 packets causes kernel memory exhaustion leading to Denial of Service34Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 22.4R3-S9-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 23.2R2-S6-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 23.4R2-S7-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 24.2R2-S4-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 24.4R2-S2-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 25.2R1-S2-EVO, 25.2R2-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
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Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-686 · Function Call With Incorrect Argument TypeCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:X
nvd-secondary
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