CVE-2024-21615

Technical Description

An Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged attacker to access confidential information on the system.

On all Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved platforms, when NETCONF traceoptions are configured, and a super-user performs specific actions via NETCONF, then a low-privileged user can access sensitive information compromising the confidentiality of the system.

This issue affects:

Junos OS:

* all versions before 21.2R3-S7, 

* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5, 

* from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5, 

* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3, 

* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2, 

* from 22.4 before 22.4R3, 

* from 23.2 before 23.2R1-S2.

Junos OS Evolved: 

* all versions before 21.2R3-S7-EVO, 

* from 21.3 before 21.3R3-S5-EVO, 

* from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S5-EVO, 

* from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S5-EVO, 

* from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S3-EVO, 

* from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S2-EVO,

* from 22.4 bef

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from juniper. Update junos to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References