CVE-2022-22248

HIGH

Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An Incorrect Permission Assignment vulnerability in shell processing of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a low-privileged local user to modify the contents of a configuration file which could cause another user to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the follow-on user's session. If the follow-on user is a high-privileged administrator, the attacker could leverage this vulnerability to take complete control of the target system. While this issue is triggered by a user, other than the attacker, accessing the Junos shell, an attacker simply requires Junos CLI access to exploit this vulnerability. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: 20.4-EVO versions prior to 20.4R3-S1-EVO; All versions of 21.1-EVO; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R3-EVO; 21.3-EVO versions prior to 21.3R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved versions prior to 19.2R1-EVO.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (4)
juniper/junos_os_evolved 20.4 (9 CPE variants)
juniper/junos_os_evolved 21.1 (6 CPE variants)
juniper/junos_os_evolved 21.2 (7 CPE variants)
juniper/junos_os_evolved 21.3 (3 CPE variants)
Published Oct 18, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026