CVE-2025-52980

HIGH
Published Jul 11, 2025 Modified Jan 23, 2026 CWE-198

Description

A Use of Incorrect Byte Ordering vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX300 Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). When a BGP update is received over an established BGP session which contains a specific, valid, optional, transitive path attribute, rpd will crash and restart. This issue affects eBGP and iBGP over IPv4 and IPv6. This issue affects: Junos OS: * 22.1 versions from 22.1R1 before 22.2R3-S4, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S2, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-198 CWE-198

Affected Products

Vendor Product
juniper junos
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juniper junos
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juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
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juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
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juniper junos
juniper junos
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juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper junos
juniper srx300
juniper srx320
juniper srx340
juniper srx345
juniper srx380

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-52980? +
A Use of Incorrect Byte Ordering vulnerability in the Routing Protocol Daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX300 Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). When a BGP update is received over an established BGP session which contains a specific, valid, optional, transitive path attribute, rpd will crash and restart. This issue affects eBGP and iBGP over IPv4 and IPv6. This issue affects: Junos OS: * 22.1 versions from 22.1R1 before 22.2R3-S4, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S2, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2025-52980? +
CVE-2025-52980 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching.
What products are affected by CVE-2025-52980? +
CVE-2025-52980 affects products from juniper, specifically: junos, srx300, srx320, srx340, srx345, srx380. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-52980? +
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