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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2020-1630 json

Junos OS: Privilege escalation vulnerability in dual REs, VC or HA cluster may allow unauthorized configuration change.

published 2020-04-08 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-12498

cvss
5.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS devices configured with dual Routing Engines (RE), Virtual Chassis (VC) or high-availability cluster may allow a local authenticated low-privileged user with access to the shell to perform unauthorized configuration modification. This issue does not affect Junos OS device with single RE or stand-alone configuration. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S14; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D86, 12.3X48-D90; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D51; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S6; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D181, 15.1X49-D190; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D592; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S13, 16.1R7-S6; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S10; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S1; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S6; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S7; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S5, 18.2R3-S1; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60, 18.2X75-D411; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S5, 18.3R2-S1, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S4, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R3; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S2, 19.1R2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S1, 19.2R2.

Patch / fix

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3R12-S14, 12.3X48-D86, 12.3X48-D90, 14.1X53-D51, 15.1R7-S6, 15.1X49-D181, 15.1X49-D190, 15.1X53-D592, 16.1R4-S13, 16.1R7-S6, 16.2R2-S10, 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S1, 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3, 17.3R3-S6, 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3, 18.1R3-S7, 18.2R2-S5, 18.2R3-S1, 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60,18.2X75-D411, 18.3R1-S5, 18.3R2-S1, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S4, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R3, 19.1R1-S2, 19.1R2, 19.2R1-S1, 19.2R2

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks Junos OS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

Sources

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