CVE-2016-4927
Insufficient validation of SSH keys in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows man-in-the-middle (MITM)...
Insufficient validation of SSH keys in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) type of attacks while a Space device is communicating with managed devices.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficient validation of SSH keys in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) type of attacks while a Space device is communicating with managed devices.
- Record
CVE-2016-4927- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficient validation of SSH keys in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) type of attacks while a Space device is communicating with managed devices.
- Record
CVE-2016-4927- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5902 No score
Insufficient validation of SSH keys in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) type of attacks while a Space device is communicating with managed devices.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5902- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gr4g-xqg8-fh3v
Insufficient validation of SSH keys in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows man-in-the-middle (MITM)...
Insufficient validation of SSH keys in Junos Space before 15.2R2 allows man-in-the-middle (MITM) type of attacks while a Space device is communicating with managed devices.
- Record
GHSA-gr4g-xqg8-fh3v- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4927 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Juniper Junos Space, published March 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.