CVE-2023-44201
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A local attacker can retrieve sensitive information and elevate privileges on the device to an authorized user.
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to read configuration changes without having the permissions.
When a user with the respective permissions commits a configuration change, a specific file is created. That file is readable even by users with no permissions to access the configuration. This can lead to privilege escalation as the user can read the password hash when a password change is being committed.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S2-EVO.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: A local attacker can retrieve sensitive information and elevate privileges on the device to an authorized user.
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to read configuration changes without having the permissions.
When a user with the respective permissions commits a configuration change, a specific file is created. That file is readable even by users with no permissions to access the configuration. This can lead to privilege escalation as the user can read the password hash when a password change is being committed.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S2-EVO.
- Record
CVE-2023-44201- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-48560
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to read configuration changes without having the permissions.
When a user with the respective permissions commits a configuration change, a specific file is created. That file is readable even by users with no permissions to access the configuration. This can lead to privilege escalation as the user can read the password hash when a password change is being committed.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S2-EVO.
- Record
EUVD-2023-48560- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ffxw-phw3-h58r
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of...
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to read configuration changes without having the permissions.
When a user with the respective permissions commits a configuration change, a specific file is created. That file is readable even by users with no permissions to access the configuration. This can lead to privilege escalation as the user can read the password hash when a password change is being committed.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S2-EVO.
- Record
GHSA-ffxw-phw3-h58r- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in a specific file of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local authenticated attacker to read configuration changes without having the permissions.
When a user with the respective permissions commits a configuration change, a specific file is created. That file is readable even by users with no permissions to access the configuration. This can lead to privilege escalation as the user can read the password hash when a password change is being committed.
This issue affects:
Juniper Networks Junos OS
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S4;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2-S2, 21.3R3-S1;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S1, 21.4R3.
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
- All versions prior to 20.4R3-S4-EVO;
- 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R3-S2-EVO;
- 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R3-S1-EVO;
- 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R2-S2-EVO.
- Record
CVE-2023-44201- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-44201 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Juniper Junos, published October 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.