CVE-2021-31371: Junos OS: QFX5000 Series: Traffic from the network internal to the device (128.0.0.0) may be forwarded to egress interfaces.

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-10-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Juniper Networks Junos OS uses the 128.0.0.0/2 subnet for internal communications between the RE and PFEs. It was discovered that packets utilizing these IP addresses may egress an QFX5000 Series switch, leaking configuration information such as heartbeats, kernel versions, etc. out to the Internet, leading to an information exposure vulnerability. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5110, QFX5120, QFX5200, QFX5210 Series, and QFX5100 with QFX 5e Series image installed: All versions prior to 17.3R3-S12; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S13; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S6; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R3-S5; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-S1, 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R1-S1, 21.1R2;

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: through 17.2; 17.3, 17.3-r1, 17.3-r1-s1, 17.3-r1-s4, 17.3-r2, 17.3-r2-s1 (+138)

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