# CVE-2024-30406: Information disclosure in Junos OS Evolved

> A local high-privileged attacker can read other administrators' credentials stored in cleartext on Juniper ACX devices with Paragon Active Assurance installed.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vgc6-c45c-9998

## What is CVE-2024-30406?

CVE-2024-30406 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, published on 12 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A Cleartext Storage in a File on Disk vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on network devices allows a local, authenticated attacker with high privileges to read all other users login credentials.

This issue affects only Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on these devices from 23.1R1-EVO through 23.2R2-EVO. 

This issue does not affect releases before 23.1R1-EVO.

Weakness: CWE-313 (Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30406?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Juniper Junos Os Evolved, Juniper Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-30406?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30406 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-30406 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos Os Evolved

- [CVE-2026-21902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21902/): Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: A vulnerability allows a unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2023-28983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28983/): Junos OS Evolved: Shell Injection vulnerability in the gNOI server (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-21599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21599/): Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-47502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47502/): Junos OS Evolved: TCP session state is not always cleared on the Routing Engine leading to DoS (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-39531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39531/): Junos OS Evolved: ACX 7000 Series: Protocol specific DDoS configuration affects other protocols (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-30406 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-30406 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, published on 12 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Juniper Junos Os Evolved. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30406/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30406/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30406
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30406
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30406

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