CVE-2023-44203
Junos OS: QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600: Packet flooding will occur when IGMP traffic is sent to an isolated VLAN
An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 allows a adjacent attacker to send specific traffic, which leads to packet flooding, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
When a specific IGMP packet is received in an isolated VLAN, it is duplicated to all other ports under the primary VLAN, which causes a flood.
This issue affects QFX5000 series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 platforms only.
This issue affects Juniper Junos OS on on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600:
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2.
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
Junos OS: QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600: Packet flooding will occur when IGMP traffic is sent to an isolated VLAN
An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 allows a adjacent attacker to send specific traffic, which leads to packet flooding, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
When a specific IGMP packet is received in an isolated VLAN, it is duplicated to all other ports under the primary VLAN, which causes a flood.
This issue affects QFX5000 series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 platforms only.
This issue affects Juniper Junos OS on on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600:
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2.
- Record
CVE-2023-44203- 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-703
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-48562
An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 allows a adjacent attacker to send specific traffic, which leads to packet flooding, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
When a specific IGMP packet is received in an isolated VLAN, it is duplicated to all other ports under the primary VLAN, which causes a flood.
This issue affects QFX5000 series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 platforms only.
This issue affects Juniper Junos OS on on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600:
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2.
- Record
EUVD-2023-48562- 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-cjff-m8pq-m7x6
An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding...
An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 allows a adjacent attacker to send specific traffic, which leads to packet flooding, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
When a specific IGMP packet is received in an isolated VLAN, it is duplicated to all other ports under the primary VLAN, which causes a flood.
This issue affects QFX5000 series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 platforms only.
This issue affects Juniper Junos OS on on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600:
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2.
- Record
GHSA-cjff-m8pq-m7x6- 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-703
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 allows a adjacent attacker to send specific traffic, which leads to packet flooding, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
When a specific IGMP packet is received in an isolated VLAN, it is duplicated to all other ports under the primary VLAN, which causes a flood.
This issue affects QFX5000 series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600 platforms only.
This issue affects Juniper Junos OS on on QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600:
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2;
- 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3;
- 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3;
- 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2.
- Record
CVE-2023-44203- 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-703
- 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-2023-44203 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 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.