{"id":"CVE-2023-28980","aliases":["EUVD-2023-32598","GHSA-xc2g-3f28-fmc4"],"status":"published","title":"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","description":"A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause Denial of Service (DoS). In a rib sharding scenario the rpd process will crash shortly after specific CLI command is issued. This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (\u003e1M routes).\n\n\nThis issue affects:\nJuniper Networks Junos OS\n\n\n  *  20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;\n  *  20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5;\n  *  20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4\n  *  21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3;\n  *  21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;\n  *  21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3;\n  *  21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.\n\n\n\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved\n\n\n  *  20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO;\n  *  21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;\n  *  21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00172,"percentile":0.06673,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"published":"2023-04-17T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:49:07Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos"},{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos_os_evolved"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os evolved"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70606","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28980"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc2g-3f28-fmc4"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-28980","title":"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","description":"A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause Denial of Service (DoS). In a rib sharding scenario the rpd process will crash shortly after specific CLI command is issued. This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (\u003e1M routes).\n\n\nThis issue affects:\nJuniper Networks Junos OS\n\n\n  *  20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;\n  *  20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5;\n  *  20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4\n  *  21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3;\n  *  21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;\n  *  21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3;\n  *  21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.\n\n\n\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved\n\n\n  *  20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO;\n  *  21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;\n  *  21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-04-17T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-02-05T21:41:05.635Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:32.752775Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-32598","description":"A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause Denial of Service (DoS). In a rib sharding scenario the rpd process will crash shortly after specific CLI command is issued. This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (\u003e1M routes).\n\n\nThis issue affects:\nJuniper Networks Junos OS\n\n\n  *  20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;\n  *  20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5;\n  *  20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4\n  *  21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3;\n  *  21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;\n  *  21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3;\n  *  21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.\n\n\n\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved\n\n\n  *  20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO;\n  *  21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;\n  *  21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-04-17T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-02-05T21:41:05Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:03.798167Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-xc2g-3f28-fmc4","title":"A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and...","description":"A Use After Free vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to cause Denial of Service (DoS). In a rib sharding scenario the rpd process will crash shortly after specific CLI command is issued. This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (\u003e1M routes). This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6; 20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5; 20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4 21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3; 21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2; 21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2. 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This issue is more likely to occur in a scenario with high route scale (\u003e1M routes).\n\n\nThis issue affects:\nJuniper Networks Junos OS\n\n\n  *  20.2 version 20.2R3-S5 and later versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;\n  *  20.3 version 20.3R3-S2 and later versions prior to 20.3R3-S5;\n  *  20.4 version 20.4R3-S1 and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S4\n  *  21.1 version 21.1R3 and later versions prior to 21.1R3-S3;\n  *  21.2 version 21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1 and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;\n  *  21.3 version 21.3R2 and later versions prior to 21.3R3;\n  *  21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3;\n  *  22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.\n\n\n\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved\n\n\n  *  20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO;\n  *  21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO;\n  *  21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;\n  *  21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO;\n  *  22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-04-17T22:15:09.617Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:49:07.197Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-416"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:55.652109Z"}]}}