CVE-2024-30388: Junos OS: QFX5000 Series and EX Series: Specific malformed LACP packets will cause flaps
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.28% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.4R3-S8, 21.2R3-S6, 21.4R3-S4.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.4R3-S8, 21.2R3-S6, 21.4R3-S4 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
An Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). If a specific malformed LACP packet is received by a QFX5000 Series, or an EX4400, EX4100 or EX4650 Series device, an LACP flap will occur resulting in traffic loss. This issue affects Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, and on EX4400, EX4100 or EX4650 Series: * 20.4 versions from 20.4R3-S4 before 20.4R3-S8, * 21.2 versions from 21.2R3-S2 before 21.2R3-S6, * 21.4 versions from 21.4R2 before 21.4R3-S4, * 22.1 versions from 22.1R2 before 22.1R3-S3, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S1, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R2-S1, 22.4R3.
- Published
- Apr 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 21th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-653
Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · juniper
- 6.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos |
| juniper | ex4100 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4100 |
| juniper | ex4100-f | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4100-f |
| juniper | ex4100-h | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4100-h |
| juniper | ex4400 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4400 |
| juniper | ex4650 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:ex4650 |
| juniper | qfx5110 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5110 |
| juniper | qfx5120 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5120 |
| juniper | qfx5130 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5130 |
| juniper | qfx5200 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5200 |
| juniper | qfx5210 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5210 |
| juniper | qfx5220 | cpe:2.3:h:juniper:qfx5220 |
and 4 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- juniper junos20.4
- juniper junos21.2
- juniper junos21.4
- juniper junos22.1
- juniper junos22.2
- juniper junos22.3
- juniper junos22.4
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
- 20.4R3-S4 and later · before 20.4R3-S8affected · semver
- 21.2R3-S2 and later · before 21.2R3-S6affected · semver
- 21.4R2 and later · before 21.4R3-S4affected · semver
- 22.1R2 and later · before 22.1R3-S3affected · semver
- 22.2 and later · before 22.2R3-S1affected · semver
- 22.3 and later · before 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3affected · semver
- 22.4 and later · before 22.4R2-S1, 22.4R3affected · semver
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- CVE-2023-36844Junos OS: EX Series: A PHP vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to control important environment variablesKEV78This week
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-30386Apr 12, 2024 · Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a EVPN-VXLAN scenario state changes on adjacent systems can cause an l2ald process crash28Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-30387Apr 12, 2024 · Junos OS: ACX5448 & ACX710: Due to interface flaps the PFE process can crash28Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-30389Apr 12, 2024 · Junos OS: EX4300 Series: Firewall filter not blocking egress traffic27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 20.4R3-S8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 21.2R3-S6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 21.4R3-S4 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 22.1R3-S3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 22.2R3-S1 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 22.4R2-S1, 22.4R3 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-21590334 days apartJunos OS: An local attacker with shell access can execute arbitrary codeKEV57Plan
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
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-653 · Improper Isolation or CompartmentalizationCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log
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References
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