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CVE-2024-39545: Junos OS: SRX Series, MX Series with SPC3 and NFX350: When VPN tunnels parameters are not configured in specific way the iked process will crash

HighCVSS 8.7 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • 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: 0.49% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.2R3-S8, 21.4R3-S7, 22.1R3-S2.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Juniper Networks Junos OS 21.2R3-S8, 21.4R3-S7, 22.1R3-S2 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 Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, MX Series with SPC3 and NFX350 allows allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker sending specific mismatching parameters as part of the IPsec negotiation to trigger an iked crash leading to Denial of Service (DoS). This issue is applicable to all platforms that run iked. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series, MX Series with SPC3 and NFX350:  * All versions before 21.2R3-S8,  * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S7,  * from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S2,  * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S1,  * from 22.3 before 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3,  * from 22.4 before 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2, 22.4R3.

Published
Jul 11, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 42th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · juniper
7.5
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
juniperjunos
junipermx-spc3
junipermx10004
junipermx10008
junipermx2008
junipermx2010
junipermx2020
junipermx204
junipermx240
junipermx304
junipermx480
junipermx960

and 18 more

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

    • before 21.2R3-S8affected · semver
    • 21.4 and later · before 21.4R3-S7affected · semver
    • 22.1 and later · before 22.1R3-S2affected · semver
    • 22.2 and later · before 22.2R3-S1affected · semver
    • 22.3 and later · before 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3affected · semver
    • 22.4 and later · before 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2, 22.4R3affected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (7)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • juniper junosbefore 21.2
  • juniper junos21.2
  • juniper junos21.4
  • juniper junos22.1
  • juniper junos22.2
  • juniper junos22.3
  • juniper junos22.4

Same product

juniper: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    98Now
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    79This week
  • CVE-2023-36844Junos OS: EX Series: A PHP vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to control important environment variablesKEV
    78This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-39542Jul 11, 2024 · Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A malformed CFM packet or specific transit traffic leads to FPC crash
    34Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-39543Jul 11, 2024 · Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a large RPKI-RTR PDU packet can cause rpd to crash
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-39549Jul 11, 2024 · Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of malformed BGP path attributes leads to a memory leak
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.2R3-S8Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.4R3-S7Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS22.1R3-S2Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS22.2R3-S1Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2, 22.4R3Vendor (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

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

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.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-395300 days apartJunos OS: Attempting to access specific sensors on platforms not supporting these will lead to a chassisd crash
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-395400 days apartJunos OS: SRX Series, and MX Series with SPC3: Specific valid TCP traffic can cause a pfe crash
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-3039790 days apartJunos OS: An invalid certificate causes a Denial of Service in the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) process
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-4749992 days apartJunos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a BMP scenario receipt of a malformed AS PATH attribute can cause an RPD crash
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-21594272 days apartJunos OS: MX Series: In DS-lite and NAT scenario receipt of crafted IPv6 traffic causes port block
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-30660272 days apartJunos OS: MX Series: Decapsulation of specific GRE packets leads to PFE reset
    34Monitor

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet 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
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-754 · Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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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References

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