Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by juniper

CVE-2025-59969Junos OS Evolved: QFX5000 Series and PTX Series: An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause evo-aftmand / evo-pfemand to crash and restart

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity buffer overflow in Junos OS Evolved from Juniper Networks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in the advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series or QFX5000 Series allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).An attacker sending crafted multicast packets will cause line cards running evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand to crash and restart or non-line card devices to crash and restart. Continued receipt and processing of these packets will sustain the Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved PTX Series: * All versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-EVO, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-EVO, * from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series: * 22.2-EVO version before 22.2R3-S7-EVO, * 22.4-EVO version before 22.4R3-S7-EVO, * 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S4-EVO, * 23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R2-S5-EVO, * 24.2-EVO versions before 24.2R2-S1-EVO, * 24.4-EVO versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved on QFX5000 Series versions before: 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R1-EVO, and 22.1R1-EVO.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 0 – before 22.4R3-S8-EVO23.2 – before 23.2R2-S5-EVO23.4 – before 23.4R2-EVO24.2 – before 24.2R2-EVO24.4 – before 24.4R2-EVO
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 22.2 – before 22.2R3-S7-EVO22.4 – before 22.4R3-S7-EVO23.2 – before 23.2R2-S4-EVO23.4 – before 23.4R2-S5-EVO24.2 – before 24.2R2-S1-EVO24.4 – before 24.4R1-S3-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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