Disclosure summary
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.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-908
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2025-59964
Open original source · Updated Oct 08, 2026
Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.
| Vendor | Product / association | Version / bounds |
|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos | 24.4 |
| juniper | junos | 24.4 |
| juniper | junos | 24.4 |
| juniper | junos | 24.4 |
Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- supportportal.juniper.net — Vendor Advisory
- www.juniper.net — Technical Description
PUBLISHED 2025-10-09T12:15:46-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-08T09:10:00-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-08T12:30:36-04:00