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CVE-2023-44201: Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A local attacker can retrieve sensitive information and elevate privileges on the device to an authorized user.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.4R3-S4, 21.1R3-S4, 21.2R3-S2; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.4R3-S4-EVO, 21.1R3-S2-EVO, 21.2R3-S2-EVO.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Juniper Networks Junos OS 20.4R3-S4, 21.1R3-S4, 21.2R3-S2; Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 20.4R3-S4-EVO, 21.1R3-S2-EVO, 21.2R3-S2-EVO or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to read configuration changes without having the permissions. When a user with the respective permissions commits a configuration change, a specific file is created. That file is readable even by users with no permissions to access the configuration. This can lead to privilege escalation as the user can read the password hash when a password change is being committed. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3. Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO; * 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2-EVO; * 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2-EVO; * 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO; * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S2-EVO.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 12, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 4th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · juniper
5.0
0.5 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
juniperjunos
juniperjunos os evolved

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • juniper junosbefore 20.4
  • juniper junos20.4
  • juniper junos21.1
  • juniper junos21.2
  • juniper junos21.3
  • juniper junos21.4
  • juniper junos os evolvedbefore 20.4
  • juniper junos os evolved20.4
  • juniper junos os evolved21.1
  • juniper junos os evolved21.2
  • juniper junos os evolved21.3
  • juniper junos os evolved21.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (juniper). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

    • before 20.4R3-S4affected · semver
    • 21.1 and later · before 21.1R3-S4affected · semver
    • 21.2 and later · before 21.2R3-S2affected · semver
    • 21.3 and later · before 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1affected · semver
    • 21.4 and later · before 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3affected · semver

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

    • before 20.4R3-S4-EVOaffected · semver
    • 21.1-EVO and later · before 21.1R3-S2-EVOaffected · semver
    • 21.2-EVO and later · before 21.2R3-S2-EVOaffected · semver
    • 21.3-EVO and later · before 21.3R3-S1-EVOaffected · semver
    • 21.4-EVO and later · before 21.4R2-S2-EVO, 21.4R3-EVOaffected · semver

Same product

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    98Now
  • CVE-2023-36846Junos OS: SRX Series: A vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary filesKEV
    79This week
  • CVE-2023-36844Junos OS: EX Series: A PHP vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to control important environment variablesKEV
    78This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-44198Oct 12, 2023 · Junos OS: SRX Series and MX Series: SIP ALG doesn't drop specifically malformed retransmitted SIP packets
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-44199Oct 12, 2023 · Junos OS: MX Series: In a PTP scenario a prolonged routing protocol churn can trigger an FPC reboot
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-44203Oct 12, 2023 · Junos OS: QFX5000 Series, EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400 and EX4600: Packet flooding will occur when IGMP traffic is sent to an isolated VLAN
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Juniper Networks Junos OS20.4R3-S4Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.1R3-S4Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.2R3-S2Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved20.4R3-S4-EVOVendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved21.1R3-S2-EVOVendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved21.2R3-S2-EVOVendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved21.3R3-S1-EVOVendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved21.4R2-S2-EVO, 21.4R3-EVOVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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