# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-36840"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2023-07-14T17:43:15.282Z"
updatedAt: "2024-10-22T14:19:42.371Z"
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-2023-36840"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-36840.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36840"
title: "Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: An rpd crash occurs when a specific L2VPN command is run"
summary: "A Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Routing Protocol Daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a locally-based, low-privileged attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\nOn all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, when a specific L2VPN command is run, RPD will crash and restart. Continued execution of this specific command will create a sustained Denial of Service (DoS) condition.\n\nThis issue affects:\nJuniper Networks Junos OS\nAll versions prior to 19.3R3-S10;\n20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S4;\n20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S6;\n20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S6;\n20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S5;\n21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;\n21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S3;\n21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S2;\n21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3;\n22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3;\n22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2;\n22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2;\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved\nAll versions prior to 20.4R3-S7-EVO;\n21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S3-EVO;\n21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S5-EVO;\n21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S4-EVO;\n21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-EVO;\n22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-EVO;\n22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-EVO;\n22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-EVO;\n"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"19.3R3-S10"},{"version":"20.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.1R3-S4"},{"version":"20.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.2R3-S6"},{"version":"20.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.3R3-S6"},{"version":"20.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.4R3-S5"},{"version":"21.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.1R3-S4"},{"version":"21.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.2R3-S3"},{"version":"21.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.3R3-S2"},{"version":"21.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.4R3"},{"version":"22.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"22.1R3"},{"version":"22.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"22.2R2"},{"version":"22.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"22.3R2"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"unspecified","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"20.4R3-S7-EVO"},{"version":"21.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.1R3-S3-EVO"},{"version":"21.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.2R3-S5-EVO"},{"version":"21.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.3R3-S4-EVO"},{"version":"21.4","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"21.4R3-EVO"},{"version":"22.1","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"22.1R3-EVO"},{"version":"22.2","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"22.2R2-EVO"},{"version":"22.3","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"22.3R2-EVO"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS Evolved","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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