CVE-2022-22197: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An rpd core will be observed with proxy BGP route-target filtering enabled and certain route add and delete event happening

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-672

Description

An Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker with an established BGP session to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue occurs when proxy-generate route-target filtering is enabled, and certain proxy-route add and delete events are happening. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 17.3R3-S11; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S13, 17.4R3-S4; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S8, 18.4R2-S8, 18.4R3-S6; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S4; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S2, 20.3R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.1R3-EVO; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-EVO; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2-EVO.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: before 17.3; 17.3, 17.3-r1, 17.3-r1-s1, 17.3-r1-s4, 17.3-r2, 17.3-r2-s1 (+131) — fixed in 17.3
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: before 20.1; 20.1-r1, 20.1-r1-s1, 20.1-r2, 20.1-r2-s1, 20.1-r2-s2, 20.1-r2-s3 (+10) — fixed in 20.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Junos OS 17.3; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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