CVE-2020-1644: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: RPD crash due to specific BGP UPDATE packets

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-703

Description

On Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved devices, the receipt of a specific BGP UPDATE packet causes an internal counter to be incremented incorrectly, which over time can lead to the routing protocols process (RPD) crash and restart. This issue affects both IBGP and EBGP multihop deployment in IPv4 or IPv6 network. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D105.19; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S10, 17.4R3-S2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S10; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S4; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D13, 18.2X75-D411.1, 18.2X75-D420.18, 18.2X75-D52.3, 18.2X75-D60; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S7, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S2; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S5, 19.1R2-S1, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S5, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S2, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S2, 19.4R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: any releases prior to 20.1R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS releases prior to 17.3R1.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: 17.2x75, 17.2x75-d102, 17.2x75-d50, 17.2x75-d70, 17.2x75-d92, 17.3 (+112)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 18.3-r1, 19.1-r1, 19.1-r2, 19.2-r1, 19.2-r2, 19.3-r1 (+2)

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