Junos OS: A low privileged user can elevate their privileges to the ones of the highest privileged j-web user logged in (Juniper Networks Junos OS)

CVE-2022-22162

HIGH 7.3

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 16 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-01-19 00:21 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 18:50 UTC
Assigner: juniper
NVD status: Modified

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Description

A Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to elevate these to the level of any other user logged in via J-Web at this time, potential leading to a full compromise of the device. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: All versions prior to 15.1R7-S11; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S6; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S10; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S8, 19.2R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S4; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S6; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S1; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-S1, 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1, 21.2R2.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-209 — Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

References

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11270

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	juniper
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)
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 · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-27309
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-22162

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2022-AVI-040 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 15.1
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f5-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f6-s9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:f7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r4-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r4-s8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r4-s9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r5-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r5-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r5-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:15.1:r5-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Affected products

Product	Versions
Juniper Networks · Junos OS	affected unspecified < 15.1R7-S11 ; affected 18.3 < 18.3R3-S6 ; affected 18.4 < 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S10 ; affected 19.1 < 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7 ; affected 19.2 < 19.2R1-S8, 19.2R3-S4 ; affected 19.3 < 19.3R3-S4

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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