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CVE-2021-31353

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-31353 is an Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved. An unauthenticated attacker can inject a specific BGP update, causing the routing protocol daemon (RPD) to crash and restart, leading to a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
19.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.3:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:19.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

juniperworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

kb.juniper.net / JSA11218
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory