CVE-2025-59961 | Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Unix socket used to control the jdhcpd process is world-writable

An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the Juniper DHCP daemon (jdhcpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged user to write to the Unix socket used to manage the jdhcpd process, resulting in complete control over the resource. This vulnerability allows any low-privileged user logged into the system to connect to the Unix socket and issue commands to manage the DHCP service, in essence, taking administrative control of the local DHCP server or DHCP relay. This issue affects: Junos OS: * all versions before 21.2R3-S10, * all versions of 22.2, * from 21.4 before 21.4R3-S12, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S8, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S6, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S2, * from 24.4 before 24.4R2, * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S1, 25.2R2; Junos OS Evolved: * all versions before 22.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S5-EVO, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S6-EVO, * from 24.2 before 24.2R2-S2-EVO, * from 24.4 before 24.4R2-EVO, * from 25.2 before 25.2R1-S1-EVO, 25.2R2-EVO.

Published: 2026-01-15 Last update: 2026-01-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-59961 is rated Low Risk (27.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-59961

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 2026-01-16 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-59961

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 4.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L/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:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Green 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:N)
No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:L)
Limited integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:L)
Limited 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:Y)
Yes: all four kill-chain steps (reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation) can be automated.
Recovery (supplemental) (R:A)
Automatic: services recover on their own after an attack.
Value density (supplemental) (V:C)
Concentrated: a single exploit event controls rich resources (e.g., a central server).
Vulnerability response effort (supplemental) (RE:M)
Moderate effort (remote update, disable subsystem, simple upgrade with minor service impact).
Provider urgency (supplemental) (U:GREEN)
Green: provider rates reduced urgency.
 — — [email protected]
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N 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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-59961

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-59961

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
juniper junos < 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s8:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:r3-s9:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s10:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s11:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s8:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.4:r3-s9:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 22.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.4:r3-s7:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 23.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 24.4 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-59961

URL Tags
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA103150 Vendor Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/ Vendor Advisory
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