CVE record · CVE-2023-28979

Junos OS: In a 6PE scenario upon receipt of a specific IPv6 packet an integrity check fails

CVSS 4.7 MediumEPSS 0.0027 · 20th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: juniper) at 17 Apr 2023, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	affected unspecified to before 19.3R3-S7 custom affected 19.4 to before 19.4R3-S9 custom affected 20.2 to before 20.2R3-S7 custom affected 20.3 to before 20.3R3-S5 custom affected 20.4 to before 20.4R3-S4 custom affected 21.1 to before 21.1R3-S3 custom affected 21.2 to before 21.2R3-S2 custom affected 21.3 to before 21.3R3-S1 custom affected 21.4 to before 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3 custom affected 22.1 to before 22.1R2 custom affected 22.2 to before 22.2R2 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2023-28979
CNA: juniper
Weakness (CWE): CWE-754
Tags: Juniper Networks Junos OS
CWE-754
Published: 17 Apr 2023
Updated: 26 Feb 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.7	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N	CNA (juniper)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0027, the 20th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 17 Apr 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70604

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