CVE-2024-39546 Junos OS Evolved: Local low-privilege user can gain root permissions leading to privilege escalation
A local low-privilege user can exploit missing authorization in the Socket Intercept interface to execute commands with root privileges, leading to full system compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-39546?
CVE-2024-39546 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, published on 11 Jul 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 Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Socket Intercept (SI) command file interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated, low-privilege local attacker to modify certain files, allowing the attacker to cause any command to execute with root privileges leading to privilege escalation ultimately compromising the system.
This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:
* All versions prior to 21.2R3-S8-EVO, * 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R3-S6-EVO, * 22.1 versions prior to 22.1R3-S5-EVO, * 22.2 versions prior to 22.2R3-S3-EVO, * 22.3 versions prior to 22.3R3-S3-EVO, * 22.4 versions prior to 22.4R3-EVO, * 23.2 versions prior to 23.2R2-EVO.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39546?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos Os Evolved.
How do I fix CVE-2024-39546?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-39546 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39546 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos Os Evolved
- CVE-2026-21902 Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: A vulnerability allows a unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root
- CVE-2023-28983 Junos OS Evolved: Shell Injection vulnerability in the gNOI server
- CVE-2025-21599 Denial of service in Junos OS Evolved
- CVE-2024-47502 Junos OS Evolved: TCP session state is not always cleared on the Routing Engine leading to DoS
- CVE-2024-39531 Junos OS Evolved: ACX 7000 Series: Protocol specific DDoS configuration affects other protocols
Sources
Also known as GHSA-27x2-77hh-wh7h.