{"cve":"CVE-2023-28980","nvd":{"published":"2023-04-17T22:15:09.617","modified":"2026-06-17T05:49:07.197","status":"Modified","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).\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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70606","https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70606"],"products":["juniper:junos","juniper:junos_os_evolved"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:05.473481323+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-28980","score":0.00172,"percentile":0.06589,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}