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CVE-2026-21916

HIGH · CVSS 7.3 EPSS 0.13%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2026-04-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2026-21916
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.3
EPSS
0.13%

Original NVD Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges to root which will lead to a complete compromise of the system. When after a user has performed a specific 'file link ...' CLI operation, another user commits (unrelated configuration changes), the first user can login as root. This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S3, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S2, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2. This issue does not affect versions 25.4R1 or later.

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