CVE-2025-59964 HIGH

CVE-2025-59964: Junos OS: SRX4700: When forwarding-options sampling is enabled any traffic destined to the RE will cause the forwarding line card to crash and restart

Vendor Juniper Networks
Product Junos OS
Weakness CWE-908
Published October 9, 2025
Last update October 9, 2025

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX4700 devices allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). When forwarding-options sampling is enabled, receipt of any traffic destined to the Routing Engine (RE) by the PFE line card leads to an FPC crash and restart, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Continued receipt and processing of any traffic leading to the RE by the PFE line card will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition to the PFE line card. This issue affects Junos OS on SRX4700:  * from 24.4 before 24.4R1-S3, 24.4R2 This issue affects IPv4 and IPv6.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 9, 2025 CVE published
October 9, 2025 Record updated