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CVE-2018-0020

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  • Published2018-04-11
  • WeaknessCWE-20

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Description

Junos OS may be impacted by the receipt of a malformed BGP UPDATE which can lead to a routing process daemon (rpd) crash and restart. Receipt of a repeated malformed BGP UPDATEs can result in an extended denial of service condition for the device. This malformed BGP UPDATE does not propagate to other BGP peers. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D47; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F6-S10, 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D130 on SRX; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D66 on QFX10K; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D58 on EX2300/EX3400; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D233 on QFX5200/QFX5110; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D471 on NFX; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R5-S3, 16.1R6-S3, 16.1R7; 16.1X65 versions prior to 16.1X65-D47; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S3, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S3, 17.2R2-S1, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D70; 13.2 versions above and including 13.2R1. Versions prior to 13.2R1 are not affected. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-04-1119:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Juniper junosversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.1= 15.1x49no fix published
14.1= 14.1x53no fix published
15.1= 15.1x53no fix published
16.1= 16.1no fix published
16.2= 16.2no fix published
17.1= 17.1no fix published
15.1= 15.1no fix published
17.2= 17.2no fix published
16.1= 16.1x65no fix published
17.2= 17.2x75no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CNACVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-20read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2018-04-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0020?

Junos OS may be impacted by the receipt of a malformed BGP UPDATE which can lead to a routing process daemon (rpd) crash and restart. Receipt of a repeated malformed BGP UPDATEs can result in an extended denial of service condition for the device. This malformed BGP UPDATE does not propagate to other BGP peers. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D47; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F6-S10, 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R6-S6, 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D130 on SRX; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D66 on QFX10K; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D58 on EX2300/EX3400; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D233 on QFX5200/QFX5110; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D471 on NFX; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S8, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R5-S3, 16.1R6-S3, 16.1R7; 16.1X65 versions prior to 16.1X65-D47; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R1-S6, 16.2R2-S5, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S3, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S3, 17.2R2-S1, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D70; 13.2 versions above and including 13.2R1. Versions prior to 13.2R1 are not affected. Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

Is CVE-2018-0020 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-0020 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-0020?

CVE-2018-0020 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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