CVE-2023-44185 Denial of service in Junos OS
An attacker can cause a sustained Denial of Service on Juniper devices by sending a malformed BGP UPDATE packet, requiring a software upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-44185?
CVE-2023-44185 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 12 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the routing protocol daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS )to the device upon receiving and processing a specific malformed ISO VPN BGP UPDATE packet.
Continued receipt of this packet will cause a sustained Denial of Service condition.
This issue affects:
* Juniper Networks Junos OS: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S6; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-S2, 22.1R3; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions prior to 20.4R3-S6-EVO; * 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO; * 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R3-S3-EVO; * 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R3-S3-EVO; * 22.1-EVO versions prior to 22.1R3-EVO; * 22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R2-S1-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO; * 22.3-EVO versions prior to 22.3R1-S2-EVO, 22.3R2-EVO.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44185?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Juniper Junos, Juniper Junos Os Evolved.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44185?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-44185 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44185 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos
- CVE-2023-36845 Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification
- CVE-2020-1631 Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal
- CVE-2025-21590 Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization
- CVE-2023-36851 Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2023-36844 Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rvw9-8m2p-4pgm.