CVE-2024-47495 Auth bypass in Junos OS Evolved
A locally authenticated attacker with shell access can bypass authorization to take full control of Junos OS Evolved devices configured with dual Routing Engines.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-47495?
CVE-2024-47495 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, published on 11 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability allows a locally authenticated attacker with shell access to gain full control of the device when Dual Routing Engines (REs) are in use on Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved devices.
This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved with dual-REs: * All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, * from 21.4-EVO before 21.4R3-S8-EVO, * from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S4-EVO, * from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S3-EVO, * from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S1-EVO, * from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-S1-EVO.
This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47495?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos Os Evolved.
How do I fix CVE-2024-47495?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47495 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-47495 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47495 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-rcvr-9vmp-37hx.