CVE-2021-31362
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An IS-IS adjacency might be taken down if a bad hello PDU is received for an existing adjacency causing a DoS
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- juniper
Description
A Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in RPD (routing protocol daemon) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause established IS-IS adjacencies to go down by sending a spoofed hello PDU leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Continued receipted of these spoofed PDUs will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 18.2R3-S8; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R2-EVO; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO.
Timeline
ID reserved
By juniper
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-693 and its CVEs
- Denial of Service (DoS)
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 18.2R3-S8
- affected 18.3 – < 18.3R3-S5
- affected 18.4 – < 18.4R3-S9
- affected 19.1 – < 19.1R3-S7
- affected 19.2 – < 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3
- affected 19.3 – < 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2
- affected 19.4 – < 19.4R3-S3
- affected 20.1 – < 20.1R3
- affected 20.2 – < 20.2R3
- affected 20.3 – < 20.3R3
- affected 20.4 – < 20.4R2
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolved
- affected unspecified – < 20.4R2-EVO
- affected 21.1 – < 21.1R2-EVO
What to do
Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue in JUNOS OS: 18.2R3-S8, 18.3R3-S5, 18.4R3-S9, 19.1R3-S7, 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3, 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2, 19.4R3-S3, 20.1R3, 20.2R3, 20.3R3, 20.4R2, 21.1R1, and all subsequent releases. The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue in JUNOS OS Evolved: 20.4R2-EVO, 21.1R2-EVO, 21.2R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround: There are no viable workarounds for this issue.
Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
References (1)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11224 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2021-31362)Record last updated .