CVE-2025-60006· NVD / CVE Program· CNA juniper

Junos OS Evolved: OS command injection vulnerabilities fixed

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

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: 0.98% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 62.1% of all records.
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 Evolved 24.2R2-S2-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved 24.2R2-S2-EVO, 24.4R2-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

Multiple instances of an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved could be used to elevate privileges and/or execute unauthorized commands. When an attacker executes crafted CLI commands, the options are processed via a script in some cases. These scripts are not hardened so injected commands might be executed via the shell, which allows an attacker to perform operations, which they should not be able to do according to their assigned permissions. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved: * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2-EVO, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 24.2R1-EVO.

MediumCVSS 4.8 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Published: Oct 9, 2025
Updated: Oct 8, 2026
EPSS: 0.9% · 62th percentile
CWE: CWE-78

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · juniper: 5.3; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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

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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Vendor	Product	CPE
juniper	junos os evolved	cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved

Affected versions

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

juniper junos os evolved24.2
juniper junos os evolved24.4

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 Evolved
- 24.2 and later · before 24.2R2-S2-EVOaffected · semver
- 24.4 and later · before 24.4R2-EVOaffected · semver
- before 24.2R1not affected · semver

Same product

juniper: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2026-21902Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: A vulnerability allows a unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root
43Plan
CVE-2023-28983Junos OS Evolved: Shell Injection vulnerability in the gNOI server
35Monitor
CVE-2022-22239Junos OS Evolved: The ssh CLI command always runs as root which can lead to privilege escalation
35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-59958Oct 9, 2025 · Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: When a firewall filter rejects traffic these packets are erroneously sent to the RE
27Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-59967Oct 9, 2025 · Junos OS Evolved: ACX7024, ACX7024X, ACX7100-32C, ACX7100-48L, ACX7348, ACX7509: When specific valid multicast traffic is received on the L3 interface on a vul
28Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-21911Jan 15, 2026 · Junos OS Evolved: Flapping management interface causes MAC learning on label-switched interfaces to stop
28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved	24.2R2-S2-EVO	Vendor (CNA)
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved	24.4R2-EVO	Vendor (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

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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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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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.

CVE-2024-39520455 days apartJunos OS Evolved: CLI parameter processing issue allows privilege escalation
34Monitor
CVE-2024-39521455 days apartJunos OS Evolved: CLI parameter processing issue allows privilege escalation
34Monitor
CVE-2024-39522455 days apartJunos OS Evolved: CLI parameter processing issue allows privilege escalation
34Monitor
CVE-2024-39523455 days apartJunos OS Evolved: CLI parameter processing issue allows privilege escalation
34Monitor
CVE-2024-39524455 days apartJunos OS Evolved: CLI parameter processing issue allows privilege escalation
34Monitor

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
Integrity
Availability

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const host = req.body.host;
2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

1const host = req.body.host;
2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);
3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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References

supportportal.juniper.net/JSA103163

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