CVE-2024-2973

critical

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router or conductor running with a redundant peer allows a network based attacker to bypass authentication and take full control of the device. Only routers or conductors that are running in high-availability redundant configurations are affected by this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue affects: Session Smart Router: * All versions before 5.6.15, * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts. Session Smart Conductor: * All versions before 5.6.15, * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts. WAN Assurance Router: * 6.0 versions before 6.1.9-lts, * 6.2 versions before 6.2.5-sts.

References

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-06-27

Updated: 2024-06-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00277

Vulnerability Watch

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