Junos OS: Junos Fusion: Hard-coded credentials on satellite devices allows a locally authenticated attacker to elevate their privileges. (Juniper Networks Junos OS)

CVE-2021-0245

HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-04-22 19:37 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 17:58 UTC
Assigner: juniper
NVD status: Modified

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Description

A Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on Junos Fusion satellite devices allows an attacker who is local to the device to elevate their privileges and take control of the device. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Junos Fusion Satellite Devices. 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R7-S7; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S12, 17.1R3-S2; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R3-S4; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S8; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S10; 17.4 version 17.4R3 and later versions; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S10; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S7, 18.2R3-S3; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S7, 18.3R2-S4, 18.3R3-S2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S6, 18.4R2-S4, 18.4R3-S1; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S5, 19.1R2-S1, 19.1R3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S4, 19.2R2; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R2-S5, 19.3R3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R1-S1, 19.4R2; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R1-S1, 20.1R2. This issue does not affected Junos OS releases prior to 16.1R1 or all 19.2R3 and 19.4R3 release versions.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11138

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	juniper
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	HIGH 7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-2864
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-0245

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-290 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r3-s10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r3-s11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r3-s8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4-s12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4-s8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r4-s9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r5-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r6-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r6-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r6-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r6-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r7-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r7-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r7-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r7-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:16.1:r7-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r1-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2-s10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2-s11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:17.1:r2-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Affected products

Product	Versions
Juniper Networks · Junos OS	affected 16.1 < 16.1R7-S7 ; affected 17.1 < 17.1R2-S12, 17.1R3-S2 ; affected 17.2 < 17.2R3-S4 ; affected 17.3 < 17.3R3-S8 ; affected 17.4 < 17.4R2-S10 ; affected 18.1 < 18.1R3-S10

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

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