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CVE-2025-52946: juniper networks junos os Use After Free

CVSS: 8.7v4.0HighAnalyzed
Published 11-07-2025Last modified 11-07-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-52946 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Use After Free vulnerability in juniper networks junos os. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.8% 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
0.52%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-07-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker sending a BGP update with a specifically malformed AS PATH to cause rpd to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continuous receipt of the malformed AS PATH attribute will cause a sustained DoS condition. On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, the rpd process will crash and restart when a specifically malformed AS PATH is received within a BGP update and traceoptions are enabled. This issue only affects systems with BGP traceoptions enabled and requires a BGP session to be already established. Systems without BGP traceoptions enabled are not impacted by this issue. This issue affects:  Junos OS: * All versions before 21.2R3-S9, * all versions of 21.4, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S6, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5, * 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 22.4R3-S5-EVO, * from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S3-EVO, * from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-S4-EVO, * from 24.2-EVO before 24.2R2-EVO. This is a more complete fix for previously published CVE-2024-39549 (JSA83011).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

43%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.08 pp

From 0.44% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.52%

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

Juniper2 products
  • junos< 21.2 | 21.2 | 21.2:r1 | 21.2:r1-s1 | 21.2:r1-s2 | 21.2:r2 | 21.2:r2-s1 | 21.2:r2-s2 | 21.2:r3 | 21.2:r3-s1 | 21.2:r3-s2 | 21.2:r3-s3 | 21.2:r3-s4 | 21.2:r3-s5 | 21.2:r3-s6 | 21.2:r3-s7 | 21.2:r3-s8 | 21.4 | 22.2 | 22.2:r1 | 22.2:r1-s1 | 22.2:r1-s2 | 22.2:r2 | 22.2:r2-s1 | 22.2:r2-s2 | 22.2:r3 | 22.2:r3-s1 | 22.2:r3-s2 | 22.2:r3-s3 | 22.2:r3-s4 | 22.2:r3-s5 | 22.4 | 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 | 23.2:r2-s2 | 23.4 | 23.4:r1 | 23.4:r1-s1 | 23.4:r1-s2 | 23.4:r2 | 23.4:r2-s1 | 23.4:r2-s2 | 23.4:r2-s3 | 24.2 | 24.2:r1 | 24.2:r1-s1 | 24.2:r1-s2
  • junos_os_evolved< 22.4 | 22.4 | 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 | 23.2:r2-s2 | 23.4 | 23.4:r1 | 23.4:r1-s1 | 23.4:r1-s2 | 23.4:r2 | 23.4:r2-s1 | 23.4:r2-s2 | 23.4:r2-s3 | 24.2 | 24.2:r1 | 24.2:r1-s2
Juniper networks2 products
  • junos os< 21.2R3-S9 | ≥ 21.4 (No fix recorded) | ≥ 22.2, < 22.2R3-S6 | ≥ 22.4, < 22.4R3-S5 | ≥ 23.2, < 23.2R2-S3 | ≥ 23.4, < 23.4R2-S4 | ≥ 24.2, < 24.2R2
  • junos os evolved< 22.4R3-S5-EVO | ≥ 23.2-EVO, < 23.2R2-S3-EVO | ≥ 23.4-EVO, < 23.4R2-S4-EVO | ≥ 24.2-EVO, < 24.2R2-EVO

2 vendors · 4 products

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