NULL pointer dereference in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2025-52984
Published: July 18, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113055
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52984
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to null pointer dereference error in the routing protocol daemon (rpd). A remote non-authenticated attacker can cause impact to the availability of the device.
When static route points to a reject next hop and a gNMI query is processed for that static route, rpd crashes and restarts.
Affected software
Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved
Junos OS Evolved
How to mitigate CVE-2025-52984
Install updates from vendor's website.
Junos OS - addressed in versions 21.2R3-S9, 21.4R3-S10, 22.2R3-S6, 22.4R3-S6, 23.2R2-S3, 23.4R2-S4, 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2, 24.4R1
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 22.4R3-S7-EVO, 23.2R2-S3-EVO, 23.4R2-S4-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO, 24.4R1-EVO
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 22.4R3-S7-EVO, 23.2R2-S3-EVO, 23.4R2-S4-EVO, 24.2R2-EVO, 24.4R1-EVO