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CVE-2024-39534: Junos OS Evolved: Connections to the network and broadcast address accepted
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-10-11 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-697
Description
An Incorrect Comparison vulnerability in the local address verification API of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker to create sessions or send traffic to the device using the network and broadcast address of the subnet assigned to an interface. This is unintended and unexpected behavior and can allow an attacker to bypass certain compensating controls, such as stateless firewall filters. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO, * 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO, * 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S3-EVO, * 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, * 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
Affected products
- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: before 21.4; 21.4, 21.4-r1, 21.4-r1-s1, 21.4-r1-s2, 21.4-r2, 21.4-r2-s1 (+50) — fixed in 21.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 21.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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