CVE-2023-44198
Junos OS: SRX Series and MX Series: SIP ALG doesn't drop specifically malformed retransmitted SIP packets
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the SIP ALG of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an integrity impact in connected networks.
If the SIP ALG is configured and a device receives a specifically malformed SIP packet, the device prevents this packet from being forwarded, but any subsequently received retransmissions of the same packet are forwarded as if they were valid.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series:
- 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.
This issue doesn't not affected releases prior to 20.4R1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Junos OS: SRX Series and MX Series: SIP ALG doesn't drop specifically malformed retransmitted SIP packets
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the SIP ALG of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an integrity impact in connected networks.
If the SIP ALG is configured and a device receives a specifically malformed SIP packet, the device prevents this packet from being forwarded, but any subsequently received retransmissions of the same packet are forwarded as if they were valid.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series:
- 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.
This issue doesn't not affected releases prior to 20.4R1.
- Record
CVE-2023-44198- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-48557
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the SIP ALG of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an integrity impact in connected networks.
If the SIP ALG is configured and a device receives a specifically malformed SIP packet, the device prevents this packet from being forwarded, but any subsequently received retransmissions of the same packet are forwarded as if they were valid.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series:
- 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.
This issue doesn't not affected releases prior to 20.4R1.
- Record
EUVD-2023-48557- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rjm7-96c8-22jg
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the SIP ALG of Juniper...
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the SIP ALG of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an integrity impact in connected networks.
If the SIP ALG is configured and a device receives a specifically malformed SIP packet, the device prevents this packet from being forwarded, but any subsequently received retransmissions of the same packet are forwarded as if they were valid.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series:
- 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.
This issue doesn't not affected releases prior to 20.4R1.
- Record
GHSA-rjm7-96c8-22jg- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the SIP ALG of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an integrity impact in connected networks.
If the SIP ALG is configured and a device receives a specifically malformed SIP packet, the device prevents this packet from being forwarded, but any subsequently received retransmissions of the same packet are forwarded as if they were valid.
This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and MX Series:
- 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.
This issue doesn't not affected releases prior to 20.4R1.
- Record
CVE-2023-44198- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-754
- 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-2023-44198 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) 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 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.