CVE record · CVE-2023-28982

Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a BGP rib sharding scenario when a route is frequently updated an rpd memory leak will occur

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0065 · 51st 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
VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS
  • affected 20.3 to before 20.3R3-S2 custom
  • affected 20.4 to before 20.4R3-S6 custom
  • affected 21.1 to before 21.1R3 custom
  • affected 21.2 to before 21.2R3 custom
  • affected 21.3 to before 21.3R2 custom
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
  • affected 20.3R1-EVO to before 20.3-EVO* custom
  • affected 20.4-EVO to before 20.4R3-S6-EVO custom
  • affected 21.2-EVO to before 21.2R3-EVO custom
  • affected 21.3-EVO to before 21.3R2-EVO custom
Identifiers
CVE-2023-28982
CNA
juniper
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-401
Published
17 Apr 2023
Updated
5 Feb 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (juniper)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0065, the 51st 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

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