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CVE-2025-52954

Junos OS Evolved: A low-privileged user can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, thereby compromising the system

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 22.2R3-S7-EVO, 22.4R3-S7-EVO, 23.2R2-S4-EVO, 23.4R2-S5-EVO, 24.2R2-S1-EVO
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the internal virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged user to gain root privileges, leading to a system compromise. Any low-privileged user with the capability to send packets over the internal VRF can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, and thus compromise the system.  This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:  • All versions before 22.2R3-S7-EVO,  • from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S7-EVO,  • from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,  • from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S5-EVO,  • from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S1-EVO • from 24.4 before 24.4R1-S2-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

    fixed in 22.2R3-S7-EVO; From 22.4 · fixed in 22.4R3-S7-EVO; From 23.2 · fixed in 23.2R2-S4-EVO; From 23.4 · fixed in 23.4R2-S5-EVO; From 24.2 · fixed in 24.2R2-S1-EVO

References 1

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