Affects widely deployed Junos routing stack; potential network DoS across service providers and enterprises.
CVE-2025-60003
Buffer over-read in Junos rpd causes DoS via crafted BGP updates.
Is CVE-2025-60003 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-60003 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-60003?
CVE-2025-60003 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-60003?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-60003. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-60003 affect?
CVE-2025-60003 affects Juniper Networks Junos OS, Junos OS Evolved. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-60003?
Update to fixed Junos release per advisory
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated remote DoS: crafted BGP update crashes rpd and restarts sessions.
Patch when possible
- affected< 22.4R3-S8
- affected>= 23.2 and < 23.2R2-S5
- affected>= 23.4 and < 23.4R2-S6
- affected>= 24.2 and < 24.2R2-S2
- affected>= 24.4 and < 24.4R2
- affected< 22.4R3-S8-EVO
- affected>= 23.2 and < 23.2R2-S5-EVO
- affected>= 23.4 and < 23.4R2-S6-EVO
- affected>= 24.2 and < 24.2R2-S2-EVO
- affected>= 24.4 and < 24.4R2-EVO
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.