An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, logically adjacent BGP peer sending a specifically malformed BGP packet to cause rpd to crash and restart, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of this packet will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue only affects systems configured in either of two ways: * systems with BGP traceoptions enabled * systems with BGP family traffic-engineering (BGP-LS) configured and can be exploited from a directly connected and configured BGP peer. This issue affects iBGP and eBGP with any address family configured, and both IPv4 and IPv6 are affected by this vulnerability. This issue affects: Junos OS: * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S9, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5, * from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S4, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3, * from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2; Junos OS Evolved: * from 21.4-EVO before 21.4R3-S9-EVO, * from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO, * from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S5-EVO, * from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S3-EVO, * from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-S2-EVO, * from 24.2-EVO before 24.2R1-S2-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO. This issue does not affect versions of Junos OS prior to 21.3R1. This issue does not affect versions of Junos OS Evolved prior to 21.3R1-EVO. This is a similar, but different vulnerability than the issue reported as CVE-2024-39516.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-21600 is rated Low Risk (34.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-06-19 | 0.04% | 0.06% | +0.01% |
| 2 | 2025-01-10 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 4.0 | HIGH |
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— | — | [email protected] |
| 6.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.3 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 22.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 23.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos | 24.2 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | 21.4 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA92870 | Vendor Advisory |