CVE-2025-52958: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: When route validation is enabled, BGP connection establishment failure causes RPD crash
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)
- 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: 0.24% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS 22.2R3-S6, 22.4R3-S6, 23.2R2-S3; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 22.2R3-S6-EVO, 22.4R3-S6-EVO, 23.2R2-S3-EVO.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Juniper Networks Junos OS 22.2R3-S6, 22.4R3-S6, 23.2R2-S3; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 22.2R3-S6-EVO, 22.4R3-S6-EVO, 23.2R2-S3-EVO 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
A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved devices, when route validation is enabled, a rare condition during BGP initial session establishment can lead to an rpd crash and restart. This occurs specifically when the connection request fails during error-handling scenario. Continued session establishment failures leads to a sustained DoS condition. This issue affects Junos OS: * All versions before 22.2R3-S6, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S6, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S4, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2; Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 22.2R3-S6-EVO, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S6-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S4-EVO, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO.
- Published
- Jul 11, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 15th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-617
Report tools
Action score
24
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.0 / 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
- 5.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/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 | junos os evolved | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved |
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 22.2R3-S6affected · semver
- 22.4 and later · before 22.4R3-S6affected · semver
- 23.2 and later · before 23.2R2-S3affected · semver
- 23.4 and later · before 23.4R2-S4affected · semver
- 24.2 and later · before 24.2R2affected · semver
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
- before 22.2R3-S6-EVOaffected · semver
- 22.4 and later · before 22.4R3-S6-EVOaffected · semver
- 23.2 and later · before 23.2R2-S3-EVOaffected · semver
- 23.4 and later · before 23.4R2-S4-EVOaffected · semver
- 24.2 and later · before 24.2R2-EVOaffected · semver
Affected versions · NVD (12)
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- juniper junosbefore 22.2
- juniper junos22.2
- juniper junos22.4
- juniper junos23.2
- juniper junos23.4
- juniper junos24.2
- juniper junos os evolvedbefore 22.2
- juniper junos os evolved22.2
- juniper junos os evolved22.4
- juniper junos os evolved23.2
- juniper junos os evolved23.4
- juniper junos os evolved24.2
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-52953Jul 11, 2025 · Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An unauthenticated adjacent attacker sending a valid BGP UPDATE packet forces a BGP session reset28Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-52955Jul 11, 2025 · Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: When jflow/sflow is configured continuous logical interface flaps causes rpd crash and restart28Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-52963Jul 11, 2025 · Junos OS: A low-privileged user can disable an interface27Monitor
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 | 22.2R3-S6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 22.4R3-S6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 23.2R2-S3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 23.4R2-S4 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS | 24.2R2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 22.2R3-S6-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 22.4R3-S6-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 23.2R2-S3-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 23.4R2-S4-EVO | Vendor (CNA) |
| Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved | 24.2R2-EVO | 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
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-2025-529640 days apartJunos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of a specific BGP UPDATE causes an rpd crash on devices with BGP multipath configured28Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-617 · Reachable AssertionCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/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:A/V:X/RE:M/U:Green
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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