⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2023-11-13. Federal agencies required to patch by 2023-11-17. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2023-36846Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Networks Junos OS

Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
94.3%
top 0.06%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2023-11-13
Due 2023-11-17
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedAug 17
KEV addedNov 13
KEV dueNov 17
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause limited impact to the file system integrity. With a specific request to user.php that doesn't require authentication an attacker is able to upload arbitrary files via J-Web, leading to a loss of integrity for a certain part of the file system, which may allow chaining to other vulnerabilities. This issue affects Juniper Networks

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5juniper_networks/junos_os21.121.1*+8
NVDjuniper/junos< 20.4+9

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rrhw-mwxf-m9mp: A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attac2023-08-17
CVEList
Junos OS: SRX Series: A vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files2023-08-17
VulnCheck
Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability2023

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Nuclei
Juniper Devices - Remote Code Execution

🔍Detection Rules

2
Suricata
ET EXPLOIT Junos OS - Successful Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Attempt (CVE-2023-36851)2023-09-01
Suricata
ET EXPLOIT Junos OS - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Attempt (CVE-2023-36851)2023-09-01

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability2023-11-13
Juniper
CVE-2023-36846: A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attac2023-08-17

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Bleepingcomputer
CISA warns of actively exploited Juniper pre-auth RCE exploit chain2023-11-13
Bleepingcomputer
Thousands of Juniper devices vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE flaw2023-09-18
CVE-2023-36846 — Networks Junos OS vulnerability | cvebase