CVE-2025-52954 | Junos OS Evolved: A low-privileged user can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, thereby compromising the system

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the internal virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged user to gain root privileges, leading to a system compromise. Any low-privileged user with the capability to send packets over the internal VRF can execute arbitrary Junos commands and modify the configuration, and thus compromise the system.  This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:  * All versions before 22.2R3-S7-EVO,  * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S7-EVO,  * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S4-EVO,  * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S5-EVO,  * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S1-EVO * from 24.4 before 24.4R1-S2-EVO, 24.4R2-EVO.

Published: 2025-07-11 Last update: 2026-01-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-52954 is rated Moderate Risk (41.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-52954

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-07 0.01% 0.07% +0.06%
2 2025-07-12 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-52954

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 4.0 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
Attacker needs local access on the target system.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:L)
Low privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:X)
Not defined: no reliable threat intelligence; scoring assumes the worst case (equivalent to Attacked).
Confidentiality requirement (CR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Integrity requirement (IR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Availability requirement (AR:X)
Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Modified attack vector (MAV:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Vector (AV).
Modified attack complexity (MAC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Complexity (AC).
Modified attack requirements (MAT:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Requirements (AT).
Modified privileges required (MPR:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base Privileges Required (PR).
Modified user interaction (MUI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base User Interaction (UI).
Modified vulnerable system confidentiality impact (MVC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VC metric.
Modified vulnerable system integrity impact (MVI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VI metric.
Modified vulnerable system availability impact (MVA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base VA metric.
Modified subsequent system confidentiality impact (MSC:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SC metric.
Modified subsequent system integrity impact (MSI:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SI metric.
Modified subsequent system availability impact (MSA:X)
Not defined: scoring uses the Base SA metric.
Safety (supplemental) (S:X)
Not evaluated.
Automatable (supplemental) (AU:X)
Not evaluated.
Recovery (supplemental) (R:X)
Not evaluated.
Value density (supplemental) (V:X)
Not evaluated.
Vulnerability response effort (supplemental) (RE:X)
Not evaluated.
Provider urgency (supplemental) (U:X)
Not evaluated.
 — — [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-52954

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-52954

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
juniper junos_os_evolved < 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.2:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:22.4:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:23.4:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 24.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 24.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos_os_evolved 24.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos_os_evolved:24.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-52954

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