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CERTFR-2025-AVI-0206

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans Juniper Networks Junos OS. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire.

Solutions

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Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Description
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Junos OS versions 22.2.x antérieures à 22.2R3-S6
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Junos OS versions 24.2.x antérieures à 24.2R1-S2 ou 24.2R2
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Junos OS versions 23.4.x antérieures à 23.4R2-S4
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Junos OS versions 22.4.x antérieures à 22.4R3-S6
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Junos OS versions 21.4.x antérieures à 21.4R3-S10
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Junos OS versions 23.2.x antérieures à 23.2R2-S3
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Junos OS versions antérieures à 21.2R3-S9

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2025-21590 (GCVE-0-2025-21590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-03-12 13:59

Modified

2025-10-21 22:55

Severity ?

4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-653 - Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

	https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA93446	vendor-advisory
	https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-espionage-targets-juniper-routers	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Juniper Networks	Junos OS	Version: 0 ≤ Version: 21.4 ≤ Version: 22.2 ≤ Version: 22.4 ≤ Version: 23.2 ≤ Version: 23.4 ≤ Version: 24.2 ≤

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