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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2023-44184" idYear: 2023 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2023-10-12T23:02:34.571Z" updatedAt: "2024-09-17T16:11:00.874Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:58.683Z" 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-2023-44184" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-44184.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44184" title: "Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: High CPU load due to specific NETCONF command" summary: "\nAn Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in the management daemon (mgd) process of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a network-based authenticated low-privileged attacker, by executing a specific command via NETCONF, to cause a CPU Denial of Service to the device's control plane.\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS\n\n\n\n * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7;\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-S2;\n * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3;\n * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3;\n * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2.\n\n\n\n\nJuniper Networks Junos OS Evolved\n\n\n\n * All versions prior to 21.4R3-S4-EVO;\n * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S2-EVO;\n * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-EVO;\n * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-EVO;\n * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2-EVO.\n\n\n\n\nAn indicator of compromise can be seen by first determining if the NETCONF client is logged in and fails to log out after a reasonable period of time and secondly reviewing the WCPU percentage for the mgd process by running the following command:\n\nmgd process example:\n\nuser@device-re#\u003e show system processes extensive | match \"mgd|PID\" | except last\nPID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND\n92476 root 100 0 500M 89024K CPU3 3 57.5H 89.60% mgd \u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c review the high cpu percentage.\nExample to check for NETCONF activity:\n\nWhile there is no specific command that shows a specific session in use for NETCONF, you can review logs for UI_LOG_EVENT with \"client-mode 'netconf'\"\n\nFor example:\n\nmgd[38121]: UI_LOGIN_EVENT: User 'root' login, class 'super-user' [38121], ssh-connection '10.1.1.1 201 55480 10.1.1.2 22', client-mode 'netconf'\n\n" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"20.4R3-S7"},{"version":"21.1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.1R1"},{"version":"21.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.2R3-S5"},{"version":"21.3","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.3R3-S5"},{"version":"21.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.4R3-S4"},{"version":"22.1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.1R3-S2"},{"version":"22.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.2R3"},{"version":"22.3","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3"},{"version":"22.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.4R1-S2, 22.4R2"}],"vendor":"Juniper Networks","product":"Junos OS","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"21.4R3-S4-EVO"},{"version":"22.1","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.1R3-S2-EVO"},{"version":"22.2","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.2R3-EVO"},{"version":"22.3","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.3R3-EVO"},{"version":"22.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"22.4R2-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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