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CVE-2024-21591

CRITICAL
Published 2024-01-12T00:52:04.028Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.235
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 23.5% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.957
Higher than 95.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description


An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS), or Remote Code Execution (RCE) and obtain root privileges on the device.

This issue is caused by use of an insecure function allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary memory.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX Series and EX Series:

* Junos OS versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9;
* Junos OS 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7;
* Junos OS 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5;
* Junos OS 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5;
* Junos OS 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4;
* Junos OS 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3;
* Junos OS 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S2;
* Junos OS 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

Affected Versions:

0 21.2 21.3 21.4 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-j7xq-gvq8-pr7m

Advisory Details

An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS), or Remote Code Execution (RCE) and obtain root privileges on the device. This issue is caused by use of an insecure function allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary memory. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX Series and EX Series: * Junos OS versions earlier than 20.4R3-S9; * Junos OS 21.2 versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7; * Junos OS 21.3 versions earlier than 21.3R3-S5; * Junos OS 21.4 versions earlier than 21.4R3-S5; * Junos OS 22.1 versions earlier than 22.1R3-S4; * Junos OS 22.2 versions earlier than 22.2R3-S3; * Junos OS 22.3 versions earlier than 22.3R3-S2; * Junos OS 22.4 versions earlier than 22.4R2-S2, 22.4R3.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21591
WEB https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2024-21591_Juniper_Remote_Code_Exec.html
WEB https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75729
WEB https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 12, 2024, Modified: February 10, 2024

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA75729
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
https://curesec.com/blog/article/CVE-2024-21591_Juniper_Remote_Code_Exec.html
Published: 2024-01-12T00:52:04.028Z
Last Modified: 2024-10-25T20:23:00.384Z
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