CVE-2023-28963 — An Improper Authentication vulnerability in cert-mgmt

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in cert-mgmt.php, used by the J-Web component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to read arbitrary files from temporary folders on the device. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: All ve

01What is this vulnerability?

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in cert-mgmt.php, used by the J-Web component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to read arbitrary files from temporary folders on the device. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: All versions prior to 19.1R3-S10; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S7; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S8; 19.4 versions prior to…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Juniper Networks	Junos OS	unspecified, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1R1, 20.2, 20.3R1, 20.4, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-06T14:39:40.830Z

09References

• supportportal.juniper.net — https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA70587