{"id":"CVE-2023-44191","aliases":["EUVD-2023-48550","GHSA-gg84-68cr-5wgm"],"status":"published","title":"Junos OS: QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series: Denial of Service (DoS) on a large scale VLAN due to PFE hogging","description":"An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nOn all Junos OS QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series platforms, when a high number of VLANs are configured, a specific DHCP packet will cause PFE hogging which will lead to dropping of socket connections.\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series\n\n\n\n  *  21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5;\n  *  21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5;\n  *  21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;\n  *  21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;\n  *  22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;\n  *  22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;\n  *  22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;\n  *  22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 21.1R1","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00616,"percentile":0.49803,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"published":"2023-10-12T23:03:20Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:27:05Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"junos"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"junos os"},{"vendor":"juniper_networks","product":"junos_os"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA73155","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44191"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg84-68cr-5wgm"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-44191","title":"Junos OS: 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to 21.1R1\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-10-12T23:03:20.746Z","modified":"2024-09-19T14:14:17.438Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:21.612665Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-48550","description":"\nAn Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nOn all Junos OS QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series platforms, when a high number of VLANs are configured, a specific DHCP packet will cause PFE hogging which will lead to dropping of socket connections.\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS on QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series\n\n\n\n  *  21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5;\n  *  21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5;\n  *  21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5;\n  *  21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S4;\n  *  22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S3;\n  *  22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S1;\n  *  22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2, 22.3R3;\n  *  22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 21.1R1\n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-10-12T23:03:20Z","modified":"2024-09-19T14:14:17Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:28:19.06347Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-gg84-68cr-5wgm","title":"\nAn Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos...","description":"\nAn Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nOn all Junos OS QFX5000 Series and EX4000 Series platforms, when a high number of VLANs are configured, a specific DHCP packet will cause PFE 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