An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the J-Web web management component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary Junos commands with root privileges via the exposed J-Web web interface.
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Fixes

Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS: 25.2R2-S2, 25.4R1-S3, 25.4R2, 26.2R1-S2, 26.2R2, 26.4R1, and all subsequent releases.


Workaround

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History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the J-Web web management component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary Junos commands with root privileges via the exposed J-Web web interface.
Title Junos OS: Unauthorized root command execution when J-Web is enabled
Weaknesses CWE-287
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T20:46:21.429Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T16:28:35.624Z

Link: CVE-2026-101956

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T17:17:48.353

Modified: 2026-10-14T21:17:21.870

Link: CVE-2026-101956

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-14T21:45:07Z

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