High severity · published Jul 11, 2025
CVE-2025-52983
A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the…
7.2
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature
vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device.
On VM Host Routing Engines (RE), even if the configured public key for root has been removed, remote users which are in possession of the corresponding private key can still log in as root.
This issue affects Junos OS:
* all versions before 22.2R3-S7,
* 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5,
* 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3,
* 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3,
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
before 22.2; 22.2; 22.2; 22.2; 22.2; 22.2; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52983
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52983
Vendor Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA100089
Technical Description
https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/junos-install-upgrade/topics/topic-map/vm-host-overview.html#id-routing-engines-with-vm-host-support
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