CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-101978

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
3.92%

90th percentile - higher than 90% of all known CVEs

Summary

An OS command injection vulnerability in the bootzd zero-touch provisioning daemon of Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via a crafted gRPC response.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with access to the management network can gain full control of the PTX device, potentially compromising the entire infrastructure.

Recommendation

Apply Juniper patches and secure the management network by restricting access to trusted hosts and using strong authentication.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the bootzd zero-touch provisioning daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via a crafted gRPC response.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS