CVE-2023-28978

mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (41st) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An Insecure Default Initialization of Resource vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network based attacker to read certain confidential information. In the default configuration it is possible to read confidential information about locally configured (administrative) users of the affected system. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7-EVO on pending commit???; 21.1-EVO versions prior to 21.1R3-S4-EVO on awaiting build; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R3-S1-EVO; 22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R3-EVO; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R3-S5-EVO on pending commit???; 21.3-EVO version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions; 22.1-EVO version 22.1R1-EVO and later versions; 22.2-EVO versions prior to 22.2R2-S1-EVO.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · sirt@juniper.net USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1188US

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Juniper JUNOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:-
Juniper JUNOS Evolvedall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:evolved
Juniper MX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:mx:-
Juniper QFX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:qfx:-
Juniper QFX Series QFX10000all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:qfx:qfx10000
Juniper QFX Series QFX10002all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:qfx:qfx10002
Juniper SRX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:srx_service_gateways:-
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved21.3R1-EVO → 21.3-EVO*enisa_euvdEU
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved21.4-EVO → 21.4R3-S1-EVOenisa_euvdEU
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved22.1R1-EVO → 22.1-EVO*enisa_euvdEU
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved22.2-EVO → 22.2R2-S1-EVOenisa_euvdEU
juniper junos os evolved< 20.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos os evolved= 20.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos os evolved= 21.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos os evolved= 21.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos os evolved= 21.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos os evolved= 21.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos os evolved= 22.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos os evolved= 22.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0951Juniper Produkte: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-04-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Juniper JUNOS, Juniper QFX Series, Juniper SRX Series und Juniper MX Series ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen und Daten zu manipulieren.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-04-17modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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