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
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)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-466 | cna | CWE-466 Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range |
CVSS scores (2)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References (1)