CVE-2023-36841

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.62% (49th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

45 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (pfe) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows a unauthenticated network-based attacker to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). An attacker who sends malformed TCP traffic via an interface configured with PPPoE, causes an infinite loop on the respective PFE. This results in consuming all resources and a manual restart is needed to recover. This issue affects interfaces with PPPoE configured and tcp-mss enabled. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; * 21.1 version 21.1R1 and later versions; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S6; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S5; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S3; * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S4; * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3; * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R2-S2; * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R2;

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · sirt@juniper.net USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/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-400USprimaryCWE-400USCWE-404US

affected products (45)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Juniper EX Series 2300all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:ex2300
Juniper EX Series 3400all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:ex3400
Juniper EX Series 4000all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:4000
Juniper EX Series 4100all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:4100
Juniper EX Series 4400all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:4400
Juniper EX Series 4600all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:ex:ex4600
Juniper JUNOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:-
Juniper JUNOS Evolvedall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:evolved
Juniper JUNOS PTX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:ptx_series
Juniper JUNOS PTX10001all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:ptx10001
Juniper JUNOS PTX10003all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:ptx10003
Juniper JUNOS PTX10004all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:ptx10004
Juniper JUNOS PTX10008all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:ptx10008
Juniper JUNOS PTX10016all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:juniper:junos:ptx10016
Juniper MX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:mx:-
Juniper QFX Series 5000all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:qfx:qfx5000
Juniper SRX Seriesall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:juniper:srx_service_gateways:-
Juniper Networks Junos OS0 → 20.4R3-S7enisa_euvdEU
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.1R1 → 21.1*enisa_euvdEU
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.2 → 21.2R3-S6enisa_euvdEU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2636Juniper Patchday Oktober 2023Deutsch2023-10-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Juniper Produkten ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen und seine Privilegien zu erweitern.

also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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