An Improper Following of Specification by Caller vulnerability in web management (J-Web, Captive Portal, 802.1X, Juniper Secure Connect (JSC) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series, EX Series, MX240, MX480, MX960, QFX5120 Series, allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker, sending genuine traffic targeted to the device to cause the CPU to climb until the device becomes unresponsive. 
Continuous receipt of these packets will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
This issue affects Junos OS: 
  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S9,
  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,
  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S4,
  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3,
  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3,
  *  from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S1, 24.2R2.
An indicator of compromise is to review the CPU % of the httpd process in the CLI:
e.g.
  show system processes extensive | match httpd  PID nobody       52    0    20M    191M select   2   0:01   80.00% httpd{httpd} <<<<< the percentage of httpd usage if high may be an indicator
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
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| https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA96452 | Vendor Advisory | 
Configurations
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History
                    11 Aug 2025, 15:03
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        Juniper junos
         Juniper  | 
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| References | () https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA96452 - Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s8:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*  | 
15 Apr 2025, 21:15
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| CWE | CWE-573 | 
11 Apr 2025, 15:40
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| Summary | 
        
        
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09 Apr 2025, 20:15
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Information
                Published : 2025-04-09 20:15
Updated : 2025-08-11 15:03
NVD link : CVE-2025-21601
Mitre link : CVE-2025-21601
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21601
JSON object : View
Products Affected
                juniper
- junos
 
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-573
                        
            Improper Following of Specification by Caller
