CVE-2021-0211
An improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) service allows an attacker to send a valid BGP FlowSpec message thereby causing an unexpected change in the route advertisements within the BGP FlowSpec domain leading to disruptions in network traffic causing a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Continued receipt of these update messages will cause a sustained Denial of Service condition. This issue affects Juniper Networks: Junos OS: All versions prior to 17.3R3-S10 with the exceptions of 15.1X49-D240 on SRX Series and 15.1R7-S8 on EX Series; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S10; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S12, 17.4R3-S4; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S12; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S8, 18.2R3-S6; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S8, 18.4R2-S6, 18.4R3-S6; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S6, 19.1R2-S2, 19.1R3-S3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S1; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S5, 19.3R3-S1; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S3, 19.4R2-S3, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S3 20.2R2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S1, 20.3R2. Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.3R1-S1-EVO, 20.3R2-EVO.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-754
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (71th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2021-2830)
- Published
- January 15, 2021
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2021-2830 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- juniper / ex rps
- juniper / ex2200
- juniper / ex2200-c
- juniper / ex2200-vc
- juniper / ex2300
- juniper / ex2300-c
- juniper / ex2300m
- juniper / ex3200
- juniper / ex3300
- juniper / ex3300-vc
- juniper / ex3400
- juniper / ex4200
- juniper / ex4200-vc
- juniper / ex4300
- juniper / ex4300-24p
- juniper / ex4300-24p-s
- juniper / ex4300-24t
- juniper / ex4300-24t-s
- juniper / ex4300-32f
- juniper / ex4300-32f-dc
- juniper / ex4300-32f-s
- juniper / ex4300-48mp
- juniper / ex4300-48mp-s
- juniper / ex4300-48p
- juniper / ex4300-48p-s
- juniper / ex4300-48t
- juniper / ex4300-48t-afi
- juniper / ex4300-48t-dc
- juniper / ex4300-48t-dc-afi
- juniper / ex4300-48t-s
- juniper / ex4300-48tafi
- juniper / ex4300-48tdc
- juniper / ex4300-48tdc-afi
- juniper / ex4300-mp
- juniper / ex4300-vc
- juniper / ex4300m
- juniper / ex4400
- juniper / ex4500
- juniper / ex4500-vc
- juniper / ex4550
- juniper / ex4550-vc
- juniper / ex4550/vc
- juniper / ex4600
- juniper / ex4600-vc
- juniper / ex4650
- juniper / ex6200
- juniper / ex6210
- juniper / ex8200
- juniper / ex8200-vc
- juniper / ex8208
and 286 more…
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Junos Space Network Management Platform, with or without Network Director and with or without Security Director in JA2500 - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 3816 - historical
References
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11101(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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