Junos OS Evolved: Specific low privileged CLI commands and SNMP GET requests can trigger a resource leak #3
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated, network-based attacker to cause an FPC crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).When specific SNMP GET operations or specific low-priviledged CLI commands are executed, a GUID resource leak will occur, eventually leading to exhaustion and resulting in FPCs to hang. Affected FPCs need to be manually restarted to recover. GUID exhaustion will trigger a syslog message like one of the following: evo-pfemand[<pid>]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... evo-aftmand-zx[<pid>]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... The leak can be monitored by running the following command and taking note of the values in the rightmost column labeled Guids: user@host> show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand/evo-pfemand In case one or more of these values are constantly increasing the leak is happening. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 21.4R2-EVO, * 22.1 versions before 22.1R2-EVO. Please note that this issue is similar to, but different from CVE-2024-47505 and CVE-2024-47508.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper | Junos OS Evolved | 21.4 to before 21.4R2-EVO; 22.1 to before 22.1R2-EVO | 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO | Patch available | CNA |
- Junos OS Evolved VendorJuniper Affected 21.4 to before 21.4R2-EVO; 22.1 to before 22.1R2-EVO Fixed in 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 9
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 21.4 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 21.4 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 21.4 r1 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 21.4 r1-s1 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 21.4 r1-s2 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 22.1 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 22.1 r1 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 22.1 r1-s1 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
| cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 22.1 r1-s2 | Vulnerable | Juniper |
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 21.4 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.4 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.4 r1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.4 r1-s1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.4 r1-s2 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1 r1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1 r1-s1 Vulnerable ·Juniper
- cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.1:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22.1 r1-s2 Vulnerable ·Juniper
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Junos OS Evolved (Juniper Networks) Fixed in 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-47509
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8xg5-rhgx-6586
References
Advisory 1
More Juniper Junos Os Evolved vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-17602 Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: A vulnerability allows a unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-17601 Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Configuration of a specific SSH option results in mgd crash CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2023-04136 Improper input validation in Juniper Junos OS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-74215 Stack-based buffer overflow in Junos OS rpd triggered by BGP peers CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-74211 Authentication bypass in Juniper J-Web allows pre-auth CGI execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2021-00146 Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Upon receipt of a specific BGP FlowSpec message network traffic may be disrupted. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-47509 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-47509 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8xg5-rhgx-6586 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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