Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain adjacent network position
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DeliveryCraft malformed RSVP packet
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ExploitTrigger improper quantity validation in rpd
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ExecutionCrash routing daemon
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ImpactDenial of service on routing
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input size validation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that L2 LSP support (Layer 2 label-switched path signaling via RSVP) is explicitly enabled on the Junos OS or Junos OS Evolved device - this is a non-default feature, so devices without L2 LSP configured are not affected. The attacker must also hold an adjacent network position (AV:A: same L2 link/segment as the rpd), which precludes remote internet-based exploitation. Within those constraints, no authentication is needed (PR:N, unauthenticated) and no user interaction is required (UI:N), and a single crafted RSVP packet suffices to cause the denial of service. The limiting factors are therefore the non-default L2 LSP configuration and the required network adjacency. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but bounded operational risk rather than an urgent internet-facing emergency. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) describes an adjacent, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack with no user interaction, but the adjacency requirement (AV:A, not AV:N) means the attacker must be on the same L2 broadcast/link segment as the target rpd - a significant real-world limiter compared to a remotely reachable flaw. Impact is availability-only (VA:H, with a minor subsequent SA:L); there is no confidentiality or integrity exposure (VC:N/VI:N). No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC was provided, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so exploitation is currently theoretical. The 7.1 'High' rating is driven almost entirely by the availability impact and ease of triggering once an attacker has adjacency and the L2 LSP feature is enabled; the non-default feature requirement and adjacency constraint meaningfully reduce the practical population of exploitable devices. Net: patch on a normal maintenance cadence (elevated for exposed/high-trust control planes) rather than emergency out-of-band. Note: exploitation is strictly conditional on L2 LSP (RSVP) being configured - verify this against your own device configuration before prioritizing. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker positioned on a network segment adjacent to a Junos device configured with L2 LSP support sends a crafted RSVP packet to the routing protocol daemon (rpd). The malformed quantity field is improperly validated, crashing or hanging rpd and disrupting routing, which degrades or halts traffic forwarding. No authentication or user interaction is required, but the attacker must have adjacent (same-link) access and the target must have L2 LSP enabled; no public exploit is known. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv2 – Oct 14, 2026
Crafted RSVP packets can crash the routing protocol daemon (rpd) on Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, producing a denial of service on devices where non-default Layer 2 label-switched path (L2 LSP) RSVP signaling is enabled. The issue is an adjacent-network, unauthenticated attack (CVSS v4.0 7.1, AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, availability-only impact, and our independent assessment concurs with CVSS:3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/A:H): the attacker must sit on the same Layer 2 segment as the target but needs no credentials and no user interaction, and a single malformed packet is sufficient. No public exploit code exists and there is no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis, and the practical exposure is bounded because L2 LSP support is a non-default configuration; Juniper advisory JSA112187 provides patched releases.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
Denial of service in Juniper Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved routing protocol daemon (rpd) can be triggered by an adjacent unauthenticated attacker sending a crafted RSVP packet when Layer 2 LSP support is enabled. The flaw is CWE-1284 improper validation of specified quantity in input and carries CVSS 6.5 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), meaning availability-only impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires the non-default L2 LSP feature to be configured plus network adjacency to the affected device or RSVP signaling path.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Juniper addresses this in JSA112187 (https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187); per the provided version data, fixed releases include Junos OS 23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4R2-S5, 25.2R2-S2, 25.4R1-S3 and 26.2R1-S2, and Junos OS Evolved 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO, 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO, 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO, 24.4R2-S5-EVO, 25.2R2-S2-EVO, 25.2X100-D35-EVO, 25.4R1-S3-EVO, 25.4X300-D40-EVO and 26.2R1-S2-EVO, so upgrade to the fix for your branch (verify 23.4X100 Evolved coverage with Juniper, as the supplied data lists it as affected without a stated fixed release). If an immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective mitigation is to disable L2 LSP/RSVP L2 signaling on interfaces where it is not required, since the flaw is only reachable with that non-default feature enabled; the trade-off is loss of L2 LSP-based services on those interfaces and any dependent L2VPN/VPLS configuration. Because the attack is adjacent (same Layer 2 segment), harden the exposure surface by preventing untrusted hosts from reaching RSVP on rpd: apply port security, 802.1X or private-VLAN/segment isolation on access ports, and inbound firewall filters that permit RSVP (IP protocol 46) only from known RSVP peer addresses on routing-facing interfaces; blocking protocol 46 broadly will break legitimate RSVP-TE signaling, so scope the filter to non-peer sources. Finally, enable logging and monitor for rpd core files/restarts as an exploitation indicator, recognizing that any successful trigger causes a routing protocol restart and transient forwarding disruption until rpd converges.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability resides in Juniper's routing protocol daemon (rpd), the process that implements routing protocols and MPLS signaling on Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved (CPE cpe:2.3:a:juniper_networks:junos_os and cpe:2.3:a:juniper_networks:junos_os_evolved). rpd handles RSVP (IP protocol 46), the signaling protocol used to establish traffic-engineered label-switched paths; the affected code path is the L2 LSP signaling support that lets RSVP-TE set up Layer 2 (rather than IP) LSPs, typically for L2VPN/VPLS-style services. The root cause class is CWE-1284, Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input: a length, count, or similar quantity field carried inside a crafted RSVP object or TLV is trusted without adequate bounds/consistency checks, so the daemon processes malformed internal state (out-of-range indexing, over-read, or an allocation/loop driven by the attacker-supplied count). Because integrity and confidentiality impact are assessed as none while availability is high, the expected outcome is a crash or abort of rpd followed by a restart, which transiently tears down routing adjacencies and MPLS signaling on the box. Exploitation is constrained to an adjacent network position and requires that L2 LSP support be explicitly enabled, which is not a default Junos configuration.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
Adjacent single-packet trigger on an unauthenticated daemon gives AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; impact is availability-only DoS (A:H) with no confidentiality or integrity loss.
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An Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSVP packet when L2 LSP support is enabled.
Executive ViewAI
Juniper Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved deployments that enable non-default Layer 2 LSP RSVP signaling are exposed to a denial-of-service condition that can crash the routing protocol daemon. An unauthenticated attacker on the same Layer 2 network segment can disrupt routing availability without credentials or user interaction, making this a network resilience concern for affected routing infrastructure. Exposure is limited to non-default configurations, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
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