VULNERABILITY

Juniper Junos OS: 2025-03 Out-of-Cycle Security Bulletin: Junos OS: A local attacker with shell access can execute arbitrary code (JSA93446) (CVE-2025-21590)

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Juniper Junos OS: 2025-03 Out-of-Cycle Security Bulletin: Junos OS: A local attacker with shell access can execute arbitrary code (JSA93446) (CVE-2025-21590)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/12/2025
Created
03/14/2025
Added
03/13/2025
Modified
04/10/2025

Description

An Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local attacker with high privileges to compromise the integrity of the device. A local attacker with access to the shell is able to inject arbitrary code which can compromise an affected device. This issue is not exploitable from the Junos CLI. This issue affects Junos OS:  * All versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10,  * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,  * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,  * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,  * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.

Solution(s)

  • juniper-junos-os-upgrade-latest

References

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