vulnerability
Juniper Junos OS: 2025-04 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: MX Series with AFT line card: Subscriber login/logout activity will lead to a memory leak (JSA96457) (CVE-2025-30647)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 9, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 |
Description
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
In a subscriber management scenario, login/logout activity triggers a memory leak, and the leaked memory gradually increments and eventually results in a crash.
user@host> show chassis fpc
Temp CPU Utilization (%) CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%)
Slot State (C) Total Interrupt 1min 5min 15min DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer
2 Online 36 10 0 9 8 9 32768 26 0
This issue affects Junos OS on MX Series:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S9
* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S10
* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S6
* from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5
* from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3
* from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3
* from 24.2 before 24.2R2.
Solution
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