CVE-2019-0041 — On EX4300-MP Series devices with any lo0 filters applied, transit network traffi

On EX4300-MP Series devices with any lo0 filters applied, transit network traffic may reach the control plane via loopback interface (lo0). The device may fail to forward such traffic. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S2, 18.2R2 on EX4300

01What is this vulnerability?

On EX4300-MP Series devices with any lo0 filters applied, transit network traffic may reach the control plane via loopback interface (lo0). The device may fail to forward such traffic. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S2, 18.2R2 on EX4300-MP Series. This issue does not affect any other EX series devices.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	18.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-04-10T20:13:51.547Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:08:50.199Z

09References

• kb.juniper.net — https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10933