Reachable assertion in Juniper Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2025-52958

 

Reachable assertion in Juniper Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved - CVE-2025-52958

Published: July 18, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113070
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52958
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Juniper Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Juniper Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion during BGP initial session establishment in the routing protocol daemon (rpd). A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-52958

Install updates from vendor's website.

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