CVE-2025-52988: high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Privilege escalation to root via CLI command 'request system logout'
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.4epss 0.4%
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M
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