CVE-2021-31357

HIGH

Juniper Junos OS Evolved OS Command Injection via tcpdump

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A command injection vulnerability in tcpdump command processing on Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker with authenticated CLI access to be able to bypass configured access protections to execute arbitrary shell commands within the context of the current user. The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass command authorization restrictions assigned to their specific user account and execute commands that are available to the privilege level for which the user is assigned. For example, a user that is in the super-user login class, but restricted to executing specific CLI commands could exploit the vulnerability to execute any other command available to an unrestricted admin user. This vulnerability does not increase the privilege level of the user, but rather bypasses any CLI command restrictions by allowing full access to the shell. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.3R2-S1-EVO; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-S2-EVO; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R2-EVO; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R1-S1-EVO, 21.2R2-EVO.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11221

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 44.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78 CWE-77
Status published
Products (4)
juniper/junos_os_evolved 20.4 r1 (8 CPE variants)
juniper/junos_os_evolved 21.1 (4 CPE variants)
juniper/junos_os_evolved 21.2 r1 (3 CPE variants)
juniper/junos_os_evolved < 20.3
Published Oct 19, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026