CVE-2018-0061
Junos OS: Denial of service in telnetd
A denial of service vulnerability in the telnetd service on Junos OS allows remote unauthenticated users to cause high CPU usage which may affect system performance. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D81 on SRX Series; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S11; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80 on SRX Series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D150, 15.1X49-D160 on SRX Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D59 on EX2300/EX3400 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D68 on QFX10K Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D235 on QFX5200/QFX5110 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D495 on NFX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S12, 16.1R6-S6, 16.1R7; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D100; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D5.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Junos OS: Denial of service in telnetd
A denial of service vulnerability in the telnetd service on Junos OS allows remote unauthenticated users to cause high CPU usage which may affect system performance. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D81 on SRX Series; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S11; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80 on SRX Series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D150, 15.1X49-D160 on SRX Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D59 on EX2300/EX3400 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D68 on QFX10K Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D235 on QFX5200/QFX5110 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D495 on NFX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S12, 16.1R6-S6, 16.1R7; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D100; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D5.
- Record
CVE-2018-0061- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0885
A denial of service vulnerability in the telnetd service on Junos OS allows remote unauthenticated users to cause high CPU usage which may affect system performance. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D81 on SRX Series; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S11; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80 on SRX Series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D150, 15.1X49-D160 on SRX Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D59 on EX2300/EX3400 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D68 on QFX10K Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D235 on QFX5200/QFX5110 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D495 on NFX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S12, 16.1R6-S6, 16.1R7; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D100; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D5.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0885- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mg2c-wjpf-6pjp
A denial of service vulnerability in the telnetd service on Junos OS allows remote...
A denial of service vulnerability in the telnetd service on Junos OS allows remote unauthenticated users to cause high CPU usage which may affect system performance. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D81 on SRX Series; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S11; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80 on SRX Series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D150, 15.1X49-D160 on SRX Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D59 on EX2300/EX3400 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D68 on QFX10K Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D235 on QFX5200/QFX5110 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D495 on NFX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S12, 16.1R6-S6, 16.1R7; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D100; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D5.
- Record
GHSA-mg2c-wjpf-6pjp- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A denial of service vulnerability in the telnetd service on Junos OS allows remote unauthenticated users to cause high CPU usage which may affect system performance. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D81 on SRX Series; 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S11; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80 on SRX Series; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D150, 15.1X49-D160 on SRX Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D59 on EX2300/EX3400 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D68 on QFX10K Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D235 on QFX5200/QFX5110 Series; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D495 on NFX Series; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S12, 16.1R6-S6, 16.1R7; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S9, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R2-S6, 17.2R3; 17.2X75 versions prior to 17.2X75-D100; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R2-S4, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S5, 17.4R2; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D5.
- Record
CVE-2018-0061- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- 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-2018-0061 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Juniper Junos, published October 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.27%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.