CVE-2025-59961
Published: Jan 15, 2026
Modified: Jan 15, 2026
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Description
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the Juniper DHCP daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged user to write to the Unix socket used to manage the jdhcpd process, resulting in complete control over the resource. This vulnerability allows any low-privileged user logged into the system to connect to the Unix socket and issue commands to manage the DHCP service, in essence, taking administrative control of the local DHCP server or DHCP relay. This issue affects: Junos OS: * all versions before 21.2R3-S10, * all versions of 22.2, * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S12, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S8, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S6, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S2, * from 24.4 before 24.4R2, * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S1, 25.2R2; Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S6-EVO, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S2-EVO, * from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO, * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S1-EVO, 25.2R2-EVO.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Juniper Networks | Junos OS | affected 0 - < 21.2R3-S10affected 21.4 - < 21.4R3-S12affected 22.2 - < 22.2*affected 22.4 - < 22.4R3-S8affected 23.2 - < 23.2R2-S5+4 more versions |
Juniper Networks | Junos OS Evolved | affected 0 - < 22.4R3-S8-EVOaffected 23.2 - < 23.2R2-S5-EVOaffected 23.4 - < 23.4R2-S6-EVOaffected 24.2 - < 24.2R2-S2-EVOaffected 24.4 - < 24.4R2-EVO+1 more versions |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
References
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