CVE-2025-52988
published 2025-07-11CVE-2025-52988: An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos…
PriorityP336medium6.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.46%
37.3th percentile
An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges to root.
When a user provides specifically crafted arguments to the 'request system logout' command, these will be executed as root on the shell, which can completely compromise the device.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,
* 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S6-EVO,
* 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S1-EVO,
* 23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
Affected
23 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniper | junos | < 21.2 | 21.2 |
| juniper | junos | — | — |
| juniper | junos | — | — |
| juniper | junos | — | — |
| juniper | junos | — | — |
| juniper | junos | — | — |
| juniper | junos | — | — |
| juniper | junos | — | — |
| juniper | junos_os | — | — |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | < 22.4 | 22.4 |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | — | — |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | — | — |
| juniper | junos_os_evolved | — | — |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | < 21.2R3-S9 | 21.2R3-S9 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 21.4 < 21.4R3-S8 | 21.4R3-S8 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 22.2 < 22.2R3-S6 | 22.2R3-S6 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 22.3 < 22.3R3-S3 | 22.3R3-S3 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 22.4 < 22.4R3-S6 | 22.4R3-S6 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 23.2 < 23.2R2-S1 | 23.2R2-S1 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os | >= 23.4 < 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2 | 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2 |
| juniper_networks | junos_os_evolved | < 22.4R3-S6-EVO | 22.4R3-S6-EVO |
| juniper_networks | junos_os_evolved | >= 23.2-EVO < 23.2R2-S1-EVO | 23.2R2-S1-EVO |
| juniper_networks | junos_os_evolved | >= 23.4-EVO < 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO | 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv4.08.4HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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:Y/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:X
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GHSA
GHSA-w3xh-4xq9-g5fm: An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS an
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-07-11
CVE-2025-52988 [HIGH] CWE-78 GHSA-w3xh-4xq9-g5fm: An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS an
An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges to root.
When a user provides specifically crafted arguments to the 'request system logout' command, these will be executed as root on the shell, which can completely compromise the device.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,
* 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S6-EVO,
* 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R
Juniper
CVE-2025-52988: An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS an
vendor_juniper·2025-07-11·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2025-52988 [MEDIUM] CWE-78 CVE-2025-52988: An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS an
CVE-2025-52988: An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges to root.
When a user provides specifically crafted arguments to the 'request system logout' command, these will be executed as root on the shell, which can completely compromise the device.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
* all versions before 21.2R3-S9,
* 21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8,
* 22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,
* 22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
* all versions before 22.4R3-S6-EVO,
* 23.2-EVO versi
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2025-07-11
Published