CVE-2024-47499: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a BMP scenario receipt of a malformed AS PATH attribute can cause an RPD crash

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% 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-754

Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In a scenario where BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) is configured with rib-in pre-policy monitoring, receiving a BGP update with a specifically malformed AS PATH attribute over an established BGP session, can cause an RPD crash and restart. This issue affects: Junos OS: * All versions before 21.2R3-S8, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S2, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2; Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8-EVO, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: before 21.2; 21.2, 21.2-r1, 21.2-r1-s1, 21.2-r1-s2, 21.2-r2, 21.2-r2-s1 (+63) — fixed in 21.2
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: before 21.2; 21.2, 21.2-r1, 21.2-r1-s1, 21.2-r1-s2, 21.2-r2, 21.2-r2-s1 (+63) — fixed in 21.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Junos OS 21.2; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 21.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA88129

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