CVE-2023-44183
Junos OS: QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series: In a VxLAN scenario an adjacent attacker within the VxLAN sending genuine packets may cause a DMA memory leak to occur.
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker, sending two or more genuine packets in the same VxLAN topology to possibly cause a DMA memory leak to occur under various specific operational conditions. The scenario described here is the worst-case scenario. There are other scenarios that require operator action to occur.
An indicator of compromise may be seen when multiple devices indicate that FPC0 has gone missing when issuing a show chassis fpc command for about 10 to 20 minutes, and a number of interfaces have also gone missing.
Use the following command to determine if FPC0 has gone missing from the device.
show chassis fpc detail This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series:
- 18.4 version 18.4R2 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S8;
- 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S6;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
- 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
Junos OS: QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series: In a VxLAN scenario an adjacent attacker within the VxLAN sending genuine packets may cause a DMA memory leak to occur.
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker, sending two or more genuine packets in the same VxLAN topology to possibly cause a DMA memory leak to occur under various specific operational conditions. The scenario described here is the worst-case scenario. There are other scenarios that require operator action to occur.
An indicator of compromise may be seen when multiple devices indicate that FPC0 has gone missing when issuing a show chassis fpc command for about 10 to 20 minutes, and a number of interfaces have also gone missing.
Use the following command to determine if FPC0 has gone missing from the device.
show chassis fpc detail This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series:
- 18.4 version 18.4R2 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S8;
- 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S6;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
- 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.
- Record
CVE-2023-44183- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-48542
6.5
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker, sending two or more genuine packets in the same VxLAN topology to possibly cause a DMA memory leak to occur under various specific operational conditions. The scenario described here is the worst-case scenario. There are other scenarios that require operator action to occur.
An indicator of compromise may be seen when multiple devices indicate that FPC0 has gone missing when issuing a show chassis fpc command for about 10 to 20 minutes, and a number of interfaces have also gone missing.
Use the following command to determine if FPC0 has gone missing from the device.
show chassis fpc detail This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series:
- 18.4 version 18.4R2 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S8;
- 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S6;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
- 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.
- Record
EUVD-2023-48542- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x9hv-97wr-x4j8
6.5
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN packet forwarding engine (PFE) of...
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker, sending two or more genuine packets in the same VxLAN topology to possibly cause a DMA memory leak to occur under various specific operational conditions. The scenario described here is the worst-case scenario. There are other scenarios that require operator action to occur.
An indicator of compromise may be seen when multiple devices indicate that FPC0 has gone missing when issuing a show chassis fpc command for about 10 to 20 minutes, and a number of interfaces have also gone missing.
Use the following command to determine if FPC0 has gone missing from the device.
show chassis fpc detail This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series:
- 18.4 version 18.4R2 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S8;
- 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S6;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
- 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.
- Record
GHSA-x9hv-97wr-x4j8- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the VxLAN packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series devices allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker, sending two or more genuine packets in the same VxLAN topology to possibly cause a DMA memory leak to occur under various specific operational conditions. The scenario described here is the worst-case scenario. There are other scenarios that require operator action to occur.
An indicator of compromise may be seen when multiple devices indicate that FPC0 has gone missing when issuing a show chassis fpc command for about 10 to 20 minutes, and a number of interfaces have also gone missing.
Use the following command to determine if FPC0 has gone missing from the device.
show chassis fpc detail This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX4600 Series:
- 18.4 version 18.4R2 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S8;
- 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S6;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;
- 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.
- Record
CVE-2023-44183- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-44183 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Juniper Junos, published October 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
supportportal.juniper.net/JSA73148
juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/multicast-l2/topics/topic-map/redundant-trunk-groups.html
juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/evpn-vxlan/topics/topic-map/sdn-vxlan.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44183
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x9hv-97wr-x4j8