6.9
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-57024
Junos OS: MX with SPC3, SRX Series: Repeated VPN negotiation failures will eventually cause iked to crash continuously
Description

A Use of Multiple Resources with Duplicate Identifier vulnerability in the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX with SPC3 and SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). On an MX with SPC3 and SRX devices configured for VPN service, when a large number of VPN negotiations fail a peer index rollover will eventually occur. As a result, new peers are assigned index values that are already in use and the iked process starts to crash repeatedly. This results in failure to establish new VPN connections and rekeying existing ones. To restore service the system must be rebooted. Please note that the index value can't be monitored, so customers should monitor tunnel up and down events and if a lot of events occur over an extended period of time it becomes likely that this issue occurs. To be exposed to this issue the system needs to run iked (vs. kmd which is not affected), which can be verified with: user@host> show system processes extensive | match "KMD|IKED" This issue affects Junos OS on MX with SPC3, SRX Series: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S3, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S4, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R1-S1.

INFO

Published Date :

July 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 8cbe9d5a-a066-4c94-8978-4b15efeae968
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 8cbe9d5a-a066-4c94-8978-4b15efeae968
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Apply Junos OS updates to prevent iked process crashes and VPN connection failures.
  • Update Junos OS to a fixed version.
  • Monitor VPN tunnel up/down events.
  • Verify iked process is in use.
  • Reboot system if service is restored.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110084
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'Juniper Networks', 'product': 'Junos OS', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '23.2R2-S7', 'versionType': 'custom'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '23.4', 'lessThan': '23.4R2-S6', 'versionType': 'custom'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '24.2', 'lessThan': '24.2R2-S3', 'versionType': 'custom'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '24.4', 'lessThan': '24.4R2-S4', 'versionType': 'custom'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '25.2', 'lessThan': '25.2R1-S1', 'versionType': 'custom'}], 'platforms': ['SRX Series', 'MX with SPC3'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added Description A Use of Multiple Resources with Duplicate Identifier vulnerability in the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX with SPC3 and SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). On an MX with SPC3 and SRX devices configured for VPN service, when a large number of VPN negotiations fail a peer index rollover will eventually occur. As a result, new peers are assigned index values that are already in use and the iked process starts to crash repeatedly. This results in failure to establish new VPN connections and rekeying existing ones. To restore service the system must be rebooted. Please note that the index value can't be monitored, so customers should monitor tunnel up and down events and if a lot of events occur over an extended period of time it becomes likely that this issue occurs. To be exposed to this issue the system needs to run iked (vs. kmd which is not affected), which can be verified with: user@host> show system processes extensive | match "KMD|IKED" This issue affects Junos OS on MX with SPC3, SRX Series: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S3, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S4, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R1-S1.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-694
    Added Reference https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110084
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