CVE-2023-22402
Junos OS Evolved: The kernel might restart in a BGP scenario where "bgp auto-discovery" is enabled and such a neighbor flaps
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- juniper
Description
A Use After Free vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). In a Non Stop Routing (NSR) scenario, an unexpected kernel restart might be observed if "bgp auto-discovery" is enabled and if there is a BGP neighbor flap of auto-discovery sessions for any reason. This is a race condition which is outside of an attackers direct control and it depends on system internal timing whether this issue occurs. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-EVO; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-EVO; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2-EVO; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R1-S1-EVO, 22.2R2-EVO.
Timeline
ID reserved
By juniper
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- CWE-416 Use After Free (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
- Denial of Service (DoS)
Affected products
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolved
- affected 21.3 – < 21.3R3-EVO
- affected 21.4 – < 21.4R2-EVO
- affected 22.1 – < 22.1R2-EVO
- affected 22.2 – < 22.2R1-S1-EVO, 22.2R2-EVO
What to do
Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 21.3R3-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO, 22.1R2-EVO, 22.2R1-S1-EVO, 22.2R2-EVO, 22.3R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround: There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
References (1)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA70198 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-22402)Record last updated .