CVE-2025-59960

CWE-7544 documents4 sources
Severity
6.3MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 15

Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Juniper DHCP service (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a DHCP client in one subnet to exhaust the address pools of other subnets, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) on the downstream DHCP server. By default, the DHCP relay agent inserts its own Option 82 information when forwarding client requests, optionally replacing any Option 82 information provided by the client. When a specific

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:H

Affected Packages4 packages

CVEListV5juniper_networks/junos_os_evolved22.222.2*+7
CVEListV5juniper_networks/junos_os21.421.4R3-S12+8
NVDjuniper/junos< 21.2+9

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: DHCP Option 82 messages from clients being passed unmodified to the DHCP server2026-01-15
GHSA
GHSA-3225-h3v6-7qv5: An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Juniper DHCP service (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS E2026-01-15

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Juniper
CVE-2025-59960: An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Juniper DHCP service (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS E2026-01-15
CVE-2025-59960 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.3) | An Improper Check for Unusual or Ex | cvebase.io