CVE-2025-60006 Junos OS Evolved: OS command injection vulnerabilities fixed
Attackers can execute unauthorized commands and elevate privileges via crafted CLI inputs in Junos OS Evolved.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-60006?
CVE-2025-60006 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Juniper Junos Os Evolved, published on 9 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple instances of an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved could be used to elevate privileges and/or execute unauthorized commands.
When an attacker executes crafted CLI commands, the options are processed via a script in some cases. These scripts are not hardened so injected commands might be executed via the shell, which allows an attacker to perform operations, which they should not be able to do according to their assigned permissions.
This issue affects Junos OS Evolved:
* 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S2-EVO, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-EVO.
This issue does not affect Junos OS Evolved versions earlier than 24.2R1-EVO.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-60006?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Juniper Junos Os Evolved.
How do I fix CVE-2025-60006?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-60006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-60006 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-60006 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-xcwm-53h2-9xwp.