CVE record · CVE-2023-28980

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a BGP rib sharding scenario an rpd crash will happen shortly after a specific CLI command is issued

CVSS 5.5 MediumEPSS 0.0017 · 6th 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 20.2R3-S5 to before 20.2R3-S6 semver affected 20.3R3-S2 to before 20.3R3-S5 semver affected 20.4R3-S1 to before 20.4R3-S4 semver affected 21.1R3 to before 21.1R3-S3 semver affected 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 to before 21.2R3-S2 semver affected 21.3R2 to before 21.3R3 semver affected 21.4R1 to before 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3 semver affected 22.1R1 to before 22.1R2 semver Other versions: unaffected
Juniper Networks	Junos OS Evolved	affected 20.4R3-S1-EVO to before 20.4R3-S6-EVO semver affected 21.2R1-S2-EVO to before 21.2R3-S4-EVO semver affected 21.3R2-EVO to before 21.3R3-S1-EVO semver affected 21.4R1-EVO to before 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO semver affected 22.1R1-EVO to before 22.1R2-EVO semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2023-28980
CNA: juniper
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Tags: Juniper Networks Junos OS
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
Memory corruption
Published: 17 Apr 2023
Updated: 5 Feb 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0017, the 6th 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/JSA70606 vendor-advisory

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