CVE-2025-21590: listed in the CISA KEV catalog

CVE-2025-21590 · CVSS 4.4 MEDIUM · EPSS 2% · KEV 2025-03-13

An Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local attacker with high privileges to compromise the integrity of the device. A local attacker with access to the shell is able to inject arbitrary code which can compromise an affected device. This issue is not exploitable from the Junos CLI. This issue affects Junos OS:  * All versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10,  * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,  * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,  * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,  * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.

Is CVE-2025-21590 exploited?

• Listed in the CISA KEV catalog on 2025-03-13.
• Federal remediation due 2025-04-03.
• Past that date by 499 days.
• EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 2%.
• Public exploit code: none found in monitored sources.

Which products and versions are affected?

No affected package list recorded here yet.

Is there a patch?

No patch identifier recorded here yet.

What PlainSec published about CVE-2025-21590

• 90 Zero-Days Hit Enterprise Security and Networking Devices (2026-03-07)

Primary sources

• NVD record
• CISA KEV catalog

What this record does not say

• No affected package data.
• No patch identifier.

KEV and EPSS are re-checked daily. Record last updated 2026-08-15.