CVE-2024-30397 is an Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability affecting the Public Key Infrastructure daemon (pkid) in Juniper Networks Junos OS across numerous versions. An unauthenticated network attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by triggering a failed certificate verification, leading to the pkid consuming all CPU resources and becoming unresponsive, thereby disrupting VPN negotiations. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 20.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:20.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.