A local attacker with access to the shell is able to inject arbitrary code which can compromise an affected device.
This issue is not exploitable from the Junos CLI.
This issue affects Junos OS:
* All versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.
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EUVD-2025-6303 | An Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local attacker with high privileges to compromise the integrity of the device. A local attacker with access to the shell is able to inject arbitrary code which can compromise an affected device. This issue is not exploitable from the Junos CLI. This issue affects Junos OS: * All versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2. |
Solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 21.2R3-S9, 21.4R3-S10, 22.2R3-S6, 22.4R3-S6, 23.2R2-S3, 23.4R2-S4, 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2, 24.4R1, and all subsequent releases. Please note that this issue is not fixed for all platforms in the releases specified in the solution section. For the following products the fix is only available in these releases: SRX300 Series 21.2R3-S9, 23.4R2-S5*, 24.4R1 SRX550HM 22.2R3-S7* EX4300 Series 21.4R3-S11* (except EX4300-48MP which has fixes available as indicated in the solution) EX4600 21.4R3-S11* (except EX4650 which has fixes available as indicated in the solution) ACX1000, ACX1100, ACX2100, ACX2200, ACX4000, ACX500 21.2R3-S9 MX104 21.2R3-S9 * Future Release
Workaround
It is strongly recommended to mitigate the risk of exploitation by restricting shell access to trusted users only.
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| Description | An Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization vulnerability in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local attacker with high privileges to compromise the integrity of the device. A local attacker with access to the shell is able to inject arbitrary code which can compromise an affected device. This issue is not exploitable from the Junos CLI. This issue affects Junos OS: * All versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S10, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S4, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2. | |
| Title | Junos OS: An local attacker with shell access can execute arbitrary code | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-653 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: juniper
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-21T22:55:23.444Z
Reserved: 2024-12-26T14:47:11.667Z
Link: CVE-2025-21590
Updated: 2025-03-12T14:30:09.176Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-03-12T14:15:15.447
Modified: 2025-10-24T16:44:13.830
Link: CVE-2025-21590
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