EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
- •Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 21.2R3-S7, 21.4R3-S6, 22.2R3-S3, 22.4R3, 23.2R2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1, and all subsequent releases (from the CVE record's solution, Juniper Networks, Inc.) — apply it.
An Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in packet processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with MPC10/MPC11/LC9600 line cards, EX9200 with EX9200-15C lines cards, MX304 devices, and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series, allows an attacker sending malformed DHCP packets to cause ingress packet processing to stop, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of these packets will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue only occurs if DHCP snooping is enabled. See configuration below.
This issue can be detected using following commands. Their output will display the interface status going down:
user@device>show interfaces
user@device>show log messages | match
user@device>show log messages ==> will display the "[Error] Wedge-Detect : Host Loopback Wedge Detected: PFE: no," logs.
This issue affects:
Junos OS on
MX Series
with MPC10/MPC11/LC9600 line cards, EX9200 with EX9200-15C line cards, and MX304:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S7,
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S6,
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3,
* all versions of 22.3,
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3,
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2;
Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series:
* from 19.3R1-EVO before 21.2R3-S8-EVO,
* from 21.4-EVO before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
* from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO,
* from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S5-EVO,
* from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
* from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S1-EVO,
* from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S2-EVO,
* from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-EVO.
Junos OS Evolved releases prior to 19.3R1-EVO are unaffected by this vulnerability
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (6.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 6.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 21.2R3-S7, 21.4R3-S6, 22.2R3-S3, 22.4R3, 23.2R2, 23.4R2, 24.2R1, and all subsequent releases (from the CVE record's solution, Juniper Networks, Inc.). Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it