CVE-2023-22403

HIGH

Juniper Junos OS QFX10K < 20.2R3-S7/20.4R3-S4/21.1R3-S3/21.2R3-S1/21.3R3/21.4R3/22.1R2 DoS via ICCP

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). On QFX10K Series, Inter-Chassis Control Protocol (ICCP) is used in MC-LAG topologies to exchange control information between the devices in the topology. ICCP connection flaps and sync issues will be observed due to excessive specific traffic to the local device. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on QFX10K Series: * All versions prior to 20.2R3-S7; * 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S3; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S1; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R2.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA70199

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 63.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (5)
juniper/junos 20.2 (16 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 20.4 (10 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.1 (9 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.2 (8 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 21.3 (7 CPE variants)
Published Jan 13, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026