CVE-2021-0291
MEDIUMDescription
An Exposure of System Data vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, where a sensitive system-level resource is not being sufficiently protected, allows a network-based unauthenticated attacker to send specific traffic which partially reaches this resource. A high rate of specific traffic may lead to a partial Denial of Service (DoS) as the CPU utilization of the RE is significantly increased. The SNMP Agent Extensibility (agentx) process should only be listening to TCP port 705 on the internal routing instance. External connections destined to port 705 should not be allowed. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S9; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S12; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S13, 17.4R3-S5; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S8; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S5; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S6, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S4, 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 20.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 13.2R1.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-497 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-31955 | Medium | 5.5 | 81% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2026-7864 | Medium | 6.9 | 17% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-44823 | Critical | 9.9 | 16% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-55131 | High | 7.1 | 3.3% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-34413 | High | 8.6 | 3.1% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-13999 | Critical | 9.8 | 1.8% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2021-0291?
No published fix for CVE-2021-0291 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2021-0291 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2021-0291 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2021-0291?
CVE-2021-0291 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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