Junos OS: Unauthorized root command execution when J-Web is enabled (Juniper Networks Junos OS)

CVE-2026-101956
CRITICAL 9.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.75 % · percentile 55 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
juniper
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Description

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the J-Web web management component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary Junos commands with root privileges via the exposed J-Web web interface.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hjuniper
CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Ljuniper
CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Juniper Networks · Junos OSaffected 25.2 < 25.2R2-S2 ; affected 25.4 < 25.4R1-S3 ; affected 26.2 < 26.2R1-S2

Sources

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