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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)

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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
03/13/2025

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.

Solution(s)

  • juniper-junos-os-upgrade-latest

References

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