Paragon Active Assurance: Authentication bypass vulnerability in Control Center

published 2021-04-22 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-2851

cvss: 7.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance Control Center may allow an attacker with specific information about the deployment to mimic an already registered Test Agent and access its configuration including associated inventory details. If the issue occurs, the affected Test Agent will not be able to connect to the Control Center. This issue affects Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance Control Center All versions prior to 2.35.6; 2.36 versions prior to 2.36.2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance 2.35.6, 2.36.2

Exploit prediction

1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References

lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNPCV3KRDI5PLLLKADFVIOHACQJLZMLI/
vendor-advisory
kb.juniper.net /JSA11127
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-0232
NVD CVE-2021-0232

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Summary