CVE-2022-22225
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a BGP multipath scenario, when one of the contributing routes is flapping often and rapidly, rpd may crash
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- juniper
Description
A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker with an established BGP session to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In a BGP multipath scenario, when one of the contributing routes is flapping often and rapidly, rpd may crash. As this crash depends on whether a route is a contributing route, and on the internal timing of the events triggered by the flap this vulnerability is outside the direct control of a potential attacker. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S6; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S4; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R2-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect: Juniper Networks Junos OS versions 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R2, 19.3R1 and above prior to 20.2R1. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 20.2R1-EVO.
Timeline
ID reserved
By juniper
- 10 months later
· 10 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 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
- unaffected 19.2 – < 19.2R2
- unaffected 19.3R1 – < 19.3*
- unaffected 19.4R1 – < 19.4*
- unaffected 20.1R1 – < 20.1*
- affected 20.2 – < 20.2R3-S4
- affected 20.3 – < 20.3R3-S3
- affected 20.4 – < 20.4R3-S4
- affected 21.1 – < 21.1R3
- affected 21.2 – < 21.2R2
- affected 21.3 – < 21.3R2
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolved
- affected unspecified – < 20.4R3-S4-EVO
- unaffected unspecified – < 20.2R1-EVO
- affected 21.1R1-EVO – < 21.1-EVO*
- affected 21.2-EVO – < 21.2R2-EVO
- affected 21.3-EVO – < 21.3R2-EVO
What to do
Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 19.2R3-S6, 20.2R3-S4, 20.3R3-S3, 20.4R3-S4, 21.1R2, 21.2R2, 21.3R2, 21.4R1, and all subsequent releases. Junos OS Evolved: 20.4R3-S4-EVO, 21.2R2-EVO, 21.3R2-EVO, 21.4R1-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/JSA69875 (opens in a new tab)x_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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