CVE-2025-30659: Junos OS: SRX Series: A device configured for vector routing crashes when receiving malformed traffic

7.5 CVSS

Description

An Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

When a device configured for Secure Vector Routing (SVR) receives a specifically malformed packet the PFE will crash and restart.
This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:

* All 21.4 versions,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2.

This issue does not affect versions before 21.4.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-30659

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

Affected Products

Vendor: Juniper Networks

Product: Junos OS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.39% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30659
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA96470

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