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TI-2018-00045 Aliases CVE-2018-0048GHSA-wc46-55v6-3w8c

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Juniper Junos OS

Priority LOW 38CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A vulnerability in the Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support can allow a network based unauthenticated attacker to cause a severe memory exhaustion condition on the device. This can have an adverse impact on the system performance and availability. This issue only affects devices with JET support running Junos OS 17.2R1 and subsequent releases. Other versions of Junos OS are unaffected by this vulnerability. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3;

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02887 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Junos OS (Juniper Networks): 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3 +8

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JuniperJunos OS17.2 to before 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 to before 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 to before 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 to before 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.1 to before 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R317.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3, 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110, 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3, 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2, 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3Patch availableCNA
  • Junos OS VendorJuniper Affected 17.2 to before 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 to before 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 to before 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 to before 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.1 to before 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3 Fixed in 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3, 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110, 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3, 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2, 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.2VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*17.2 r1VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2x75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.2x75VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.3VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*17.3 r1VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*17.3 r2VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.4VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*17.4 r1VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.1VulnerableJuniper
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*18.1 r1VulnerableJuniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.2 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.2 r1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.2x75:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.2x75 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.3 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.3 r1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.3 r2 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.4 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.4 r1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
  • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:18.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.1 r1 Vulnerable ·Juniper

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Junos OS (Juniper Networks) Fixed in 17.2R1-S7, 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3, 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110, 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3, 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2, 18.1R2-S3, 18.1R3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-0048
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wc46-55v6-3w8c

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-18638 Junos OS: EX and SRX Series: A PHP vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-01585 Out of Cycle Security Advisory: Junos OS: Security vulnerability in J-Web and web based (HTTP/HTTPS) services KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-15550 Junos OS: An local attacker with shell access can execute arbitrary code KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
  • TI-2023-18644 Junos OS: SRX Series: A vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload and download arbitrary files KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2023-18640 Junos OS: EX Series: A vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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