Junos OS Evolved: A low-privileged user can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, thereby compromising the system (Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved)

CVE-2025-52954

HIGH 8.5

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 7 (2026-10-30)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2025-07-11 14:42 UTC
Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50 UTC
Assigner: juniper
NVD status: Analyzed

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Description

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the internal virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged user to gain root privileges, leading to a system compromise. Any low-privileged user with the capability to send packets over the internal VRF can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, and thus compromise the system. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: * All versions before 22.2R3-S7-EVO, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S7-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S4-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S5-EVO, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S1-EVO * from 24.4 before 24.4R1-S2-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA100060

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 4.0	HIGH 8.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	juniper
CVSS 4.0	HIGH 8.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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:X	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 · sirt@juniper.net (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-21161
GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-52954

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0583 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper Networks · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 22.2
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Affected products

Product	Versions
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolved	affected 0 < 22.2R3-S7-EVO ; affected 22.4 < 22.4R3-S7-EVO ; affected 23.2 < 23.2R2-S4-EVO ; affected 23.4 < 23.4R2-S5-EVO ; affected 24.2 < 24.2R2-S1-EVO ; affected 24.4 < 24.4R1-S2-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO

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

⚠️ Junos OS Evolved: A low-privileged user can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, thereby compromising the system (Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved)