An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges to root.
When a user provides specifically crafted arguments to the 'request system logout' command, these will be executed as root on the shell, which can completely compromise the device.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,
* 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S6-EVO,
* 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S1-EVO,
* 23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA100095 |
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History
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:30:00 +0000
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Juniper
Juniper junos Juniper junos Os Evolved |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s8:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.3:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Juniper
Juniper junos Juniper junos Os Evolved |
Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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epss
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:15:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:30:00 +0000
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| Description | An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges to root. When a user provides specifically crafted arguments to the 'request system logout' command, these will be executed as root on the shell, which can completely compromise the device. This issue affects: Junos OS: * all versions before 21.2R3-S9, * 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8, * 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6, * 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2; Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 22.4R3-S6-EVO, * 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, * 23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO. | |
| Title | Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Privilege escalation to root via CLI command 'request system logout' | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
| References |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: juniper
Published: 2025-07-11T15:11:24.991Z
Updated: 2025-07-12T03:55:14.636Z
Reserved: 2025-06-23T18:23:44.546Z
Link: CVE-2025-52988
Updated: 2025-07-11T15:34:32.579Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-07-11T16:15:26.187
Modified: 2026-01-23T18:17:58.763
Link: CVE-2025-52988
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