CVE-2026-101956

Junos OS: Unauthorized root command execution when J-Web is enabled

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: Oct 14, 2026
Updated: Oct 15, 2026
Reserved: Sep 28, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.3 Critical	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	juniper
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	juniper

Weaknesses

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Junos OSJuniper Networks	25.2 to before 25.2R2-S2Affected 25.4 to before 25.4R1-S3Affected 26.2 to before 26.2R1-S2Affected

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112188vendor-advisory

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