This issue affects Junos OS:
This issue does not affect Junos OS releases before 24.4R1.
"}],"value":"An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on specific EX and QFX Series devices allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a complete Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nOn EX4k, and QFX5k platforms configured as service-provider edge devices, if L2PT is enabled on the UNI and VSTP is enabled on NNI in VXLAN scenarios, receiving VSTP BPDUs on UNI leads to packet buffer allocation failures, resulting in the device to not pass traffic anymore until it is manually recovered with a restart.This issue affects Junos OS:\n\n\n\n * 24.4 releases before 24.4R2,\n * 25.2 releases before 25.2R1-S1, 25.2R2.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Junos OS releases before 24.4R1."}],"exploits":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability."}],"value":"Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"ADJACENT_NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]},{"cvssV4_0":{"Automatable":"YES","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"ADJACENT","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/RE:M","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE","vulnerabilityResponseEffort":"MODERATE"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-754","description":"CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-04-09T21:35:48.123Z","orgId":"8cbe9d5a-a066-4c94-8978-4b15efeae968","shortName":"juniper"},"references":[{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://kb.juniper.net/JSA107869"}],"solutions":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 24.4R2, 25.2R1-S1, 25.2R2, 25.4R1, and all subsequent releases."}],"value":"The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 24.4R2, 25.2R1-S1, 25.2R2, 25.4R1, and all subsequent releases."}],"source":{"advisory":"JSA107869","defect":["1895370"],"discovery":"USER"},"title":"Junos OS: EX Series, QFX Series: In a VXLAN scenario when specific control protocol packets are received, memory leaks and eventually no traffic is passed","workarounds":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"To prevent VSTP BPDUs from being processed on UNI interfaces configure: