Junos OS: MX series/EX9200 Series: IPv6 DDoS protection does not work as expected.

published 2020-10-16 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-12527

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

On Juniper Networks MX Series and EX9200 Series, in a certain condition the IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection might not take affect when it reaches the threshold condition. The DDoS protection allows the device to continue to function while it is under DDoS attack, protecting both the Routing Engine (RE) and the Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC) during the DDoS attack. When this issue occurs, the RE and/or the FPC can become overwhelmed, which could disrupt network protocol operations and/or interrupt traffic. This issue does not affect IPv4 DDoS protection. This issue affects MX Series and EX9200 Series with Trio-based PFEs (Packet Forwarding Engines). Please refer to https://kb.juniper.net/KB25385 for the list of Trio-based PFEs. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX series and EX9200 Series: 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R3-S4; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3, 18.2R3-S3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D30; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Juniper Networks Junos OS 17.2R3-S4, 17.2X75-D102, 17.2X75-D110, 17.3R3-S8, 17.4R2-S11, 17.4R3-S2, 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3, 18.2R3-S3, 18.2X75-D30, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2

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Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Juniper Networks Junos OS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-794 Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements

References

kb.juniper.net /JSA11062
vendor-advisory
kb.juniper.net /KB25385
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-1665
NVD CVE-2020-1665

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