{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28972 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-28972 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 17 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-28972 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 17 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28972 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Juniper Junos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-28972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28972/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-28972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xj73-xcmg-mc23"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Juniper NFX router","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers with physical console access can bypass root login restrictions to reset the root password and gain administrative control.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"juniper","cpe":[{"product":"junos","vendor":"juniper"}],"cvss":{"score":6.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access vulnerability in console port access of Juniper Networks Junos OS on NFX Series allows an attacker to bypass console access controls. When \"set system ports console insecure\" is enabled, root login is disallowed for Junos OS as expected. However, the root password can be changed using \"set system root-authentication plain-text-password\" on NFX Series systems, leading to a possible administrative bypass with physical access to the console. Password recovery, changing the root password from a console, should not have been allowed from an insecure console. This is similar to the vulnerability described in CVE-2019-0035 but affects different platforms and in turn requires a different fix. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on NFX Series: 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R3-S7; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S8; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S12; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S8; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S7; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S5; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S4; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S2; 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S1; 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R2-S1, 22.2R3; 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R1-S2, 22.3R2.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Junos OS: NFX Series: 'set system ports console insecure' allows root password recovery","id":"CVE-2023-28972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"juniper:junos","products":["juniper:junos"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Junos OS Evolved: The 'sysmanctl' shell command allows a local user to gain access to some administrative actions","id":"CVE-2023-28973"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Paragon Active Assurance: Enabling the timescaledb enables IP forwarding","id":"CVE-2023-28971"},"products":["Junos OS"],"published":"2023-04-17","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Juniper Junos OS EX Series and SRX Series PHP External Variable Modification","id":"CVE-2023-36845","kev_date_added":"2023-11-13","published":"2023-08-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Juniper Junos OS Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2020-1631","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2020-05-04"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization","id":"CVE-2025-21590","kev_date_added":"2025-03-13","published":"2025-03-12"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function","id":"CVE-2023-36851","kev_date_added":"2023-11-13","published":"2023-09-26"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification","id":"CVE-2023-36844","kev_date_added":"2023-11-13","published":"2023-08-17"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Juniper Junos OS SRX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function","id":"CVE-2023-36846","kev_date_added":"2023-11-13","published":"2023-08-17"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Juniper Junos OS EX Series Missing Authentication for Critical Function","id":"CVE-2023-36847","kev_date_added":"2023-11-13","published":"2023-08-17"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-02-26","vendors":["Juniper Networks"]},"summary":"Attackers with physical console access can bypass root login restrictions to reset the root password and gain administrative control.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28972/"}