CVE-2026-33794 (GCVE-0-2026-33794)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 21:02 – Updated: 2026-07-09 21:02
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Title
Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: Receipt of repeated ECMP routing updates results in PFE crash
Summary
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker generating continuous routing updates, resulting in unilist ECMP routes, to crash the evo-aftmand process on the PFE, leading to a Denial-of-Service (DoS). The conditions required for successful exploitation are based on a sequence of events that are outside an attacker's direct control. Unified list (unilist) ECMP routes are a specific ECMP behavior where multiple equal-cost routes share a single logical next-hop list entry. The router treats them as one route with multiple next hops and load balances traffic across that unified list. Due to an issue processing unilist ECMP routing updates, internal state corruption may occur, especially in large-scale ECMP unilist deployments, leading to the evo-aftmand process crashing, resulting in an evo-aftmand-bx core. Manual intervention is required to recover by rebooting the system or restarting the FPC. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on PTX : * from 24.4R2-EVO before 24.4R2-S3-EVO; * from 25.2 before 25.2R2-EVO.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Green
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
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Vendor Product Version
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved Affected: 24.4R2-EVO , < 24.4R2-S3-EVO (custom)
Affected: 25.2 , < 25.2R2, 25.2R2-EVO (custom)
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2026-07-08 16:00
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