8.7

CVE-2025-21599: juniper networks junos os evolved

CVSS: 8.7v4.0HighAnalyzed
Published 09-01-2025Last modified 09-01-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-21599 is a high (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in juniper networks junos os evolved. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.60%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Juniper Tunnel Driver (jtd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service. Receipt of specifically malformed IPv6 packets, destined to the device, causes kernel memory to not be freed, resulting in memory exhaustion leading to a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS). Continuous receipt and processing of these packets will continue to exhaust kernel memory, creating a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue only affects systems configured with IPv6. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: * from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S5-EVO, * from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S2-EVO, * from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-S2-EVO, * from 24.2-EVO before 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 22.4R1-EVO.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.61% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Juniper1 product
  • junos_os_evolved22.4 | 22.4:r1 | 22.4:r1-s1 | 22.4:r1-s2 | 22.4:r2 | 22.4:r2-s1 | 22.4:r2-s2 | 22.4:r3 | 22.4:r3-s1 | 22.4:r3-s2 | 22.4:r3-s3 | 22.4:r3-s4 | 23.2 | 23.2:r1 | 23.2:r1-s1 | 23.2:r1-s2 | 23.2:r2 | 23.2:r2-s1 | 23.4 | 23.4:r1 | 23.4:r1-s1 | 23.4:r1-s2 | 23.4:r2 | 23.4:r2-s1 | 24.2 | 24.2:r1 | 24.2:r2
Juniper networks1 product
  • junos os evolved≥ 22.4-EVO, < 22.4R3-S5-EVO | ≥ 23.2-EVO, < 23.2R2-S2-EVO | ≥ 23.4-EVO, < 23.4R2-S2-EVO | ≥ 24.2-EVO, < 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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