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CVE-2026-57025

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
A Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range vulnerability in the fileio library of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privilged attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). On EX Series, QFX Series and MX Series a low-privileged attacker issuing a specific 'show l2-learning' command will cause an l2ald crash which will lead to a temporary service impact for all layer 2 services until the process has automatically restarted. This issue affects EX Series, QFX Series, MX Series: Junos OS: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S2. Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7-EVO, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8-EVO, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-EVO, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-57025
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Reserved
2026-06-23 16:27 UTC
Published
2026-07-09 21:07 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-09 21:07 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-466
CWE-466 Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range
Vendor / Product
Juniper Networks / Junos OS
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.5 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS EX Series,QFX Series,MX Series 0 < 23.2R2-S7, 23.4 < 23.4R2-S7, 24.2 < 24.2R2, 24.4 < 24.4R1-S2
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 0 < 23.2R2-S7-EVO, 23.4 < 23.4R2-S8-EVO, 24.2 < 24.2R2-EVO, 24.4 < 24.4R1-S3-EVO
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-466 cna CWE-466 Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
6.8 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/R:A/RE:M
5.5 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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