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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-28980" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2023-04-17T00:00:00.000Z" updatedAt: "2025-02-05T21:41:05.635Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:53.804Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-28980" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-28980.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?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" summary: "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" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"20.2R3-S5","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"20.2R3-S6"},{"version":"20.3R3-S2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"20.3R3-S5"},{"version":"20.4R3-S1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"20.4R3-S4"},{"version":"21.1R3","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.1R3-S3"},{"version":"21.2R1-S2, 21.2R2-S1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.2R3-S2"},{"version":"21.3R2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.3R3"},{"version":"21.4R1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3"},{"version":"22.1R1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.1R2"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"20.4R3-S1-EVO","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"20.4R3-S6-EVO"},{"version":"21.2R1-S2-EVO","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.2R3-S4-EVO"},{"version":"21.3R2-EVO","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.3R3-S1-EVO"},{"version":"21.4R1-EVO","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.4R2-S1-EVO, 21.4R3-EVO"},{"version":"22.1R1-EVO","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.1R2-EVO"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS Evolved","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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