Junos OS: MX Series: Crafted packets traversing a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) configured with IPv6 NDP proxy could lead to Denial of Service

published 2020-04-09 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-12501

cvss: 7.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

Due to a new NDP proxy feature for EVPN leaf nodes introduced in Junos OS 17.4, crafted NDPv6 packets could transit a Junos device configured as a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) and reach the EVPN leaf node, causing a stale MAC address entry. This could cause legitimate traffic to be discarded, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue only affects Junos OS 17.4 and later releases. Prior releases do not support this feature and are unaffected by this vulnerability. This issue only affects IPv6. IPv4 ARP proxy is unaffected by this vulnerability. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S9, 17.4R3 on MX Series; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S9 on MX Series; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3 on MX Series; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D411, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60 on MX Series; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3 on MX Series; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2-S2, 18.4R3 on MX Series; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2 on MX Series; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S3, 19.2R2 on MX Series.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Juniper Networks Junos OS 17.4R2-S9, 17.4R3, 18.1R3-S9, 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D411, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60, 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2-S2, 18.4R3, 19.1R1-S4, 19.1R2, 19.2R1-S3, 19.2R2

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	3.3	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

kb.juniper.net /JSA11012
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-1633
NVD CVE-2020-1633

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