Vulnerability in Juniper Junos
CVE-2025-52953
An Expected Behavior Violation vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker sending a valid BGP UPDATE packet to cause a BGP session reset, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continuous receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects iBGP and eBGP and both IPv4 and IPv6 are affected by this vulnerability. This issue affects Junos OS: * All versions before 21.2R3-S9, * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S11, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S7, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S7, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S4, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S4, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2, * from 24.4 before 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2 Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 22.2R3-S7-EVO, * from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S7-EVO, * from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S4-EVO, * from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-S4-EVO, * from 24.2-EVO before 24.2R2-EVO, * from 24.4-EVO before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.
EPSS: 0.003 (20.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Juniper Junos — versions 21.2, 21.4, 22.2
- Juniper Junos_os_evolved — versions 22.2, 22.4, 23.2
- Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions 0, 21.4, 22.2
- Juniper Networks Junos Os Evolved — versions 0, 22.4-EVO, 23.2-EVO
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- sirt@juniper.net (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- sirt@juniper.net (Technical Description, technical-description)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-52953?
- CVE-2025-52953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Expected Behavior Violation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-52953?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-52953 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.