When TCP proxy is engaged in a flow session, to support ALGs, Advanced Anti-Malware, ICAP or UTM, a TCP packet with specifically malformed TCP header will cause flow processing daemon (flowd) to crash and restart. This causes a complete service outage until the system has automatically recovered.
This issue affects Junos OS on MX with SPC3, and SRX Series:
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4,
* 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3,
* 25.2 versions before 25.2R2.
This issue does not affect releases before 23.4R1.
No advisories yet.
Solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 23.4R2-S7, 24.2R2-S4, 24.4R2-S3, 25.2R2, 25.4R1, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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| https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110083 |
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| Description | An Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in the TCP proxy plugin of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3, and SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a complete Denial of Service (DoS). When TCP proxy is engaged in a flow session, to support ALGs, Advanced Anti-Malware, ICAP or UTM, a TCP packet with specifically malformed TCP header will cause flow processing daemon (flowd) to crash and restart. This causes a complete service outage until the system has automatically recovered. This issue affects Junos OS on MX with SPC3, and SRX Series: * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S7, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S4, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S3, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2. This issue does not affect releases before 23.4R1. | |
| Title | Junos OS: MX with SPC3, SRX Series: A specifically malformed TCP packet causes a flowd crash | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1284 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: juniper
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-10T15:28:45.274Z
Reserved: 2026-06-23T16:27:00.248Z
Link: CVE-2026-57023
Updated: 2026-07-10T15:28:41.871Z
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Updated: 2026-07-10T13:15:16Z