CVE-2024-39520 — An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability in Juniper Networks

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved commands allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges to 'root' leading to a full compromise of the system.

01What is this vulnerability?

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved commands allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges to 'root' leading to a full compromise of the system.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Juniper Networks	Junos OS Evolved	0, 21.2-EVO, 21.4-EVO, 22.2-EVO, 22.3-EVO

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: 2024-07-11T15:56:53.855Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T04:26:15.876Z

09References

• supportportal.juniper.net — https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA82975