CVE-2024-21597

Junos OS: MX Series: In an AF scenario traffic can bypass configured lo0 firewall filters

Published Jan 12, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description

An Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to bypass the intended access restrictions.

In an Abstracted Fabric (AF) scenario if routing-instances (RI) are configured, specific valid traffic destined to the device can bypass the configured lo0 firewall filters as it's received in the wrong RI context.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series:



* All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9;
* 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S3;
* 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;
* 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3;
* 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3;
* 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2.






Analysis

No analysis available yet

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 20.4R3-S9, 21.2R3-S3, 21.4R3-S5, 22.1R3, 22.2R3, 22.3R2, 22.4R1, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-19245 An Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to bypass the intended access restrictions. In an Abstracted Fabric (AF) scenario if routing-instances (RI) are configured, specific valid traffic destined to the device can bypass the configured lo0 firewall filters as it's received in the wrong RI context. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series: * All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9; * 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S3; * 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5; * 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3; * 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R2.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses
  • CWE-668

    Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Jun 3, 2025, 2:05 PM
Reserved
Dec 27, 2023, 7:38 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 12, 2024, 1:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:09 AM