CVE record · CVE-2024-21596

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A specific BGP UPDATE message will cause a crash in the backup Routing Engine in NSR-enabled devices

CVSS 5.3 MediumEPSS 0.0054 · 45th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: juniper) at 12 Jan 2024, 00:52 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	affected before 20.4R3-S9 semver affected 21.2 to before 21.2R3-S7 semver affected 21.3 to before 21.3R3-S5 semver affected 21.4 to before 21.4R3-S5 semver affected 22.1 to before 22.1R3-S4 semver affected 22.2 to before 22.2R3-S2 semver affected 22.3 to before 22.3R3-S1 semver affected 22.4 to before 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3 semver affected 23.1 to before 23.1R2 semver affected 23.2 to before 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2 semver Other versions: unaffected
Juniper Networks	Junos OS Evolved	affected before 21.3R3-S5-EVO semver affected 21.4-EVO to before 21.4R3-S5-EVO semver affected 22.1-EVO to before 22.1R3-S4-EVO semver affected 22.2-EVO to before 22.2R3-S2-EVO semver affected 22.4-EVO to before 22.4R2-S2-EVO, 22.4R3-EVO semver affected 23.1-EVO to before 23.1R2-EVO semver affected 23.2-EVO to before 23.2R1-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2024-21596
CNA: juniper
Weakness (CWE): CWE-122
Tags: Juniper Networks Junos OS
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
Memory corruption
Published: 12 Jan 2024
Updated: 25 Sept 2024

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
5.3	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	CNA (juniper)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0054, the 45th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Jan 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75735 vendor-advisory
www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N technical-description

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