CVE-2020-1616

MEDIUM

Juniper Advanced Threat Prevention and Virtual JATP < 5.0.6.0 - Unauthenticated Excessive Authentication Attempts

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Due to insufficient server-side login attempt limit enforcement, a vulnerability in the SSH login service of Juniper Networks Juniper Advanced Threat Prevention (JATP) Series and Virtual JATP (vJATP) devices allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform multiple login attempts in excess of the configured login attempt limit. Successful exploitation will allow the attacker to perform brute-force password attacks on the SSH service. This issue affects: Juniper Networks JATP and vJATP versions prior to 5.0.6.0.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10999

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 67.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-307
Status published
Products (2)
juniper/advanced_threat_protection < 5.0.6.0
juniper/virtual_advanced_threat_protection < 5.0.6.0
Published Apr 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026