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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-21600"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-01-12T00:53:38.834Z"
updatedAt: "2025-06-17T21:09:19.373Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:07.518Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-21600"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-21600.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21600"
title: "Junos OS: PTX Series: In an FTI scenario MPLS packets hitting reject next-hop will cause a host path wedge condition"
summary: "\nAn Improper Neutralization of Equivalent Special Elements vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on PTX Series allows a unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nWhen MPLS packets are meant to be sent to a flexible tunnel interface (FTI) and if the FTI tunnel is down, these will hit the reject NH, due to which the packets get sent to the CPU and cause a host path wedge condition. This will cause the FPC to hang and requires a manual restart to recover.\n\nPlease note that this issue specifically affects PTX1000, PTX3000, PTX5000 with FPC3, PTX10002-60C, and PTX10008/16 with LC110x. Other PTX Series devices and Line Cards (LC) are not affected.\n\nThe following log message can be seen when the issue occurs:\n\nCmerror Op Set: Host Loopback: HOST LOOPBACK WEDGE DETECTED IN PATH ID \u003cid\u003e (URI: /fpc/\u003cfpc\u003e/pfe/\u003cpfe\u003e/cm/\u003ccm\u003e/Host_Loopback/\u003ccm\u003e/HOST_LOOPBACK_MAKE_CMERROR_ID[\u003cid\u003e])\nThis issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS:\n\n\n\n  *  All versions earlier than 20.4R3-S8;\n  *  21.1 versions earlier than 21.1R3-S4;\n  *  21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S6;\n  *  21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S3;\n  *  21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;\n  *  22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3;\n  *  22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"20.4R3-S8"},{"version":"21.1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.1R3-S4"},{"version":"21.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.2R3-S6"},{"version":"21.3","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.3R3-S3"},{"version":"21.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.4R3-S5"},{"version":"22.1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3"},{"version":"22.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS","platforms":["PTX1000","PTX3000","PTX5000 with FPC3","PTX10002-60C","PTX10008/16 with LC110x"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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