Untrusted Pointer Deref DoS in Junos OS rpd (before 24.4R2)
CVE-2025-59959 Published on January 15, 2026
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Executing a specific show command leads to an rpd crash
An Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).
When the command 'show route < ( receive-protocol | advertising-protocol ) bgp > detail' is executed, and at least one of the routes in the intended output has specific attributes, this will cause an rpd crash and restart.
'show route ... extensive' is not affected.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S8,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S5,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S5,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S5-EVO,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6-EVO,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2-EVO,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-EVO.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-59959 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Untrusted Pointer Dereference
The program obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-59959
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Affected Versions
Juniper Networks Junos OS:- Before 22.4R3-S8 is affected.
- Version 23.2 and below 23.2R2-S5 is affected.
- Version 23.4 and below 23.4R2-S5 is affected.
- Version 24.2 and below 24.2R2-S2 is affected.
- Version 24.4 and below 24.4R2 is affected.
- Before 22.4R3-S8-EVO is affected.
- Version 23.2 and below 23.2R2-S5-EVO is affected.
- Version 23.4 and below 23.4R2-S6-EVO is affected.
- Version 24.2 and below 24.2R2-S2-EVO is affected.
- Version 24.4 and below 24.4R2-EVO is affected.
Exploit Probability
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