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CVE-2025-21590

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CVE-2025-21590

Published: Mar 12, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.4

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

affected
0 - < 21.2R3-S9
affected
21.4 - < 21.4R3-S10
affected
22.2 - < 22.2R3-S6
affected
22.4 - < 22.4R3-S6
affected
23.2 - < 23.2R2-S3

+2 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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CVE-2025-21590 | MEDIUM (4.4) - Security Vulnerability | QwikSec