CVE-2021-31386

high-risk
Published 2021-10-19

A Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the J-Web HTTP service of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform Person-in-the-Middle (PitM) attacks against the device. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S20; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S11; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S6; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S10; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S4; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S6; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S1; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2.

Do I need to act?

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0.15% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

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high-risk
Severity 17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 33/34 · Critical