CVE-2023-28980: 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

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

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 (>1M 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. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved * 20.4-EVO version 20.4R3-S1-EVO and later versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO; * 21.2-EVO version 21.2R1-S2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO; * 21.3-EVO version 21.3R2-EVO and later versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO; * 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO; * 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO.

Affected products

Juniper Junos OS: 20.2-r3-s5, 20.3-r3-s2, 20.3-r3-s3, 20.3-r3-s4, 20.4-r3-s1, 20.4-r3-s2 (+21)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 20.4-r3-s1, 20.4-r3-s2, 20.4-r3-s3, 20.4-r3-s4, 20.4-r3-s5, 21.2-r1-s2 (+20)

References

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