CVE-2025-52983

high-risk

Published 2025-07-11

A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device. On VM Host Routing Engines (RE), even if the configured public key for root has been removed, remote users which are in possession of the corresponding private key can still log in as root. This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.2R3-S7, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.

Do I need to act?

0.22% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.2/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Junos

Affected Vendors

Juniper

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA100089

Technical Description https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/junos-install-upgrade...

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high-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 25/34 · High