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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2025-21601",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21601",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-04-09T19:51:36.325Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-04-15T20:30:05.134Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:29.455Z",
    "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"
    },
    "facts": {
      "title": "Junos OS: SRX and EX Series, MX240, MX480, MX960, QFX5120 Series: When web management is enabled for specific services an attacker may cause a CPU spike by sending genuine packets to the device",
      "summary": "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. \n\nContinuous receipt of these packets will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 21.4R3-S9,\n  *  from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5,\n  *  from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S4,\n  *  from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3,\n  *  from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3,\n  *  from 24.2 before 24.2R1-S1, 24.2R2.\n\n\nAn indicator of compromise is to review the CPU % of the httpd process in the CLI:\ne.g.\n  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",
      "affected": [
        {
          "vendor": "Juniper Networks",
          "product": "Junos OS",
          "packageName": "AppWeb",
          "platforms": [
            "SRX Series",
            "EX Series",
            "MX240",
            "MX480",
            "MX960",
            "QFX5120 Series"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "0",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThan": "21.4R3-S9"
            },
            {
              "version": "22.2",
              "status": "affected",
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              "lessThan": "22.2R3-S5"
            },
            {
              "version": "22.4",
              "status": "affected",
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              "lessThan": "22.4R3-S4"
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            {
              "version": "23.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThan": "23.2R2-S3"
            },
            {
              "version": "23.4",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThan": "23.4R2-S3"
            },
            {
              "version": "24.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThan": "24.2R1-S1, 24.2R2"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
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