CVE-2021-0256

MEDIUM

Juniper Networks Junos OS - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the mosquitto message broker of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access the ability to read portions of sensitive files, such as the master.passwd file. Since mosquitto is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, this vulnerability may allow a local privileged user the ability to run mosquitto with root privileges and access sensitive information stored on the local filesystem. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S12, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S4; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S12; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2, 20.2R3.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11175

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-250
Status published
Products (3)
juniper/junos 17.3 (23 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 17.4 (26 CPE variants)
juniper/junos 18.1
Published Apr 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026