CVE-2025-21589

critical

Description

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router may allows a network-based attacker to bypass authentication and take administrative control of the device. This issue affects Session Smart Router: * from 5.6.7 before 5.6.17, * from 6.0 before 6.0.8 (affected from 6.0.8), * from 6.1 before 6.1.12-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.8-lts, * from 6.3 before 6.3.3-r2; This issue affects Session Smart Conductor: * from 5.6.7 before 5.6.17, * from 6.0 before 6.0.8 (affected from 6.0.8), * from 6.1 before 6.1.12-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.8-lts, * from 6.3 before 6.3.3-r2; This issue affects WAN Assurance Managed Routers: * from 5.6.7 before 5.6.17, * from 6.0 before 6.0.8 (affected from 6.0.8), * from 6.1 before 6.1.12-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.8-lts, * from 6.3 before 6.3.3-r2.