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CVE-2026-21902: CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-21902cvecve-2026-21902cwe-732
Published: Wed Feb 25 2026 (02/25/2026, 16:59:10 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Juniper Networks
Product: Junos OS Evolved

Description

An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the On-Box Anomaly detection framework of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root. The On-Box Anomaly detection framework should only be reachable by other internal processes over the internal routing instance, but not over an externally exposed port. With the ability to access and manipulate the service to execute code as root a remote attacker can take complete control of the device. Please note that this service is enabled by default as no specific configuration is required. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series: * 25.4 versions before 25.4R1-S1-EVO, 25.4R2-EVO. This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved versions before 25.4R1-EVO. This issue does not affect Junos OS.

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
juniper
Date Reserved
2026-01-05T17:32:48.709Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 699f6b6fb7ef31ef0b5556ad

Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:36:47 PM

Last updated: 2/26/2026, 7:59:16 AM

Views: 2

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