vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device.
On VM Host Routing Engines (RE), even if the configured public key for root has been removed, remote users which are in possession of the corresponding private key can still log in as root.
This issue affects Junos OS:
* all versions before 22.2R3-S7,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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EUVD-2025-21147 | A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device. On VM Host Routing Engines (RE), even if the configured public key for root has been removed, remote users which are in possession of the corresponding private key can still log in as root. This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.2R3-S7, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2. |
Solution
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 22.2R3-S7, 22.4R3-S5, 23.2R2-S3, 23.4R2-S3, 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2, 24.4R1, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround
To prevent this issue from being ocuring, public key authentication for root can be explicitly disabled with: [ system root-authentication no-public-keys ]
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| Description | A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device. On VM Host Routing Engines (RE), even if the configured public key for root has been removed, remote users which are in possession of the corresponding private key can still log in as root. This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.2R3-S7, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2. | |
| Title | Junos OS: After removing ssh public key authentication root can still log in | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-446 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: juniper
Published:
Updated: 2025-07-15T19:55:28.869Z
Reserved: 2025-06-23T18:23:44.546Z
Link: CVE-2025-52983
Updated: 2025-07-11T16:04:55.392Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-11T16:15:25.523
Modified: 2025-07-15T13:14:49.980
Link: CVE-2025-52983
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-07-12T23:05:37Z
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