CVE-2024-30397

Junos OS: An invalid certificate causes a Denial of Service in the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) process

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: April 12, 2024 at 03:25 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:26 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorJunos

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the the Public Key Infrastructure daemon (pkid) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated networked attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS). The pkid is responsible for the certificate verification. Upon a failed verification, the pkid uses all CPU resources and becomes unresponsive to future verification attempts. This means that all subsequent VPN negotiations depending on certificate verification will fail. This CPU utilization of pkid can be checked using this command: root@srx> show system processes extensive | match pkid xxxxx root 103 0 846M 136M CPU1 1 569:00 100.00% pkid This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S10; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S7; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S5; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-S1; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3; * 23.2 versions prior to 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Junos · Juniper Networks

95%

v < 20.4v < 20.4R3-S1021.2 ≤ v < 21.2R3-S721.4 ≤ v < 21.4R3-S522.1 ≤ v < 22.1r3-s422.2 ≤ v < 22.2r3-s322.3 ≤ v < 22.3R3-S122.4 ≤ v < 22.4r323.2 ≤ v < 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R223.2 ≤ v < 23.2r1-s220.4 20.4 r1 20.4 r1-s1 20.4 r2 20.4 r2-s1 20.4 r2-s2 20.4 r3 20.4 r3-s1 20.4 r3-s2 20.4 r3-s3 20.4 r3-s4 20.4 r3-s5 20.4 r3-s6 20.4 r3-s7 20.4 r3-s8 20.4 r3-s9 21.2 21.2 r1 21.2 r1-s1 21.2 r1-s2 21.2 r2 21.2 r2-s1 21.2 r2-s2 21.2 r3 21.2 r3-s1 21.2 r3-s2 21.2 r3-s3 21.2 r3-s4 21.2 r3-s5 21.2 r3-s6 21.4 21.4 r1 21.4 r1-s1 21.4 r1-s2 21.4 r2 21.4 r2-s1 21.4 r2-s2 21.4 r3 21.4 r3-s1 21.4 r3-s2 21.4 r3-s3 21.4 r3-s4 22.1 22.1 r1 22.1 r1-s1 22.1 r1-s2 22.1 r2 22.1 r2-s1 22.1 r2-s2 22.1 r3 22.1 r3-s1 22.1 r3-s2 22.1 r3-s3 22.2 22.2 r1 22.2 r1-s1 22.2 r1-s2 22.2 r2 22.2 r2-s1 22.2 r2-s2 22.2 r3 22.2 r3-s1 22.2 r3-s2 22.3 22.3 r1 22.3 r1-s1 22.3 r1-s2 22.3 r2 22.3 r2-s1 22.3 r2-s2 22.3 r3 22.4 22.4 r1 22.4 r1-s1 22.4 r1-s2 22.4 r2 22.4 r2-s1 22.4 r2-s2 23.2 23.2 r1 23.2 r1-s1

Affected range stops below 20.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 20.4R3-S10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 21.2R3-S7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 21.4R3-S5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.1R3-S4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.2R3-S3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.3R3-S1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.4R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 23.2R1-S2, 23.2R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 23.2r1-s2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA79179

References (2)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA79179

Technical DescriptionIssue Tracking

Source: [email protected]

https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHjuniper

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-754

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