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CVE-2025-52988

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CVE-2025-52988

Published: Jul 11, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.7

MEDIUM

Description

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges to root. When a user provides specifically crafted arguments to the 'request system logout' command, these will be executed as root on the shell, which can completely compromise the device. This issue affects: Junos OS:  * all versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2; Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 22.4R3-S6-EVO, * 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, * 23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.

VendorProductVersions

Juniper Networks

Junos OS

affected
0 - < 21.2R3-S9
affected
21.4 - < 21.4R3-S8
affected
22.2 - < 22.2R3-S6
affected
22.3 - < 22.3R3-S3
affected
22.4 - < 22.4R3-S6

+2 more versions

Juniper Networks

Junos OS Evolved

affected
0 - < 22.4R3-S6-EVO
affected
23.2-EVO - < 23.2R2-S1-EVO
affected
23.4-EVO - < 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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