CVE-2024-39556
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Loading a malicious certificate from the CLI may result in a stack-based overflow
A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.
By exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2,
- from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO,
- from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Loading a malicious certificate from the CLI may result in a stack-based overflow
A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.
By exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2,
- from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO,
- from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
- Record
CVE-2024-39556- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-38082
A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.
By exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2,
- from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO,
- from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
- Record
EUVD-2024-38082- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4fvx-2mxh-x7v7
A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks...
A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.
By exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2,
- from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO,
- from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
- Record
GHSA-4fvx-2mxh-x7v7- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS and Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved may allow a local, low-privileged attacker with access to the CLI the ability to load a malicious certificate file, leading to a limited Denial of Service (DoS) or privileged code execution.
By exploiting the 'set security certificates' command with a crafted certificate file, a malicious attacker with access to the CLI could cause a crash of the command management daemon (mgd), limited to the local user's command interpreter, or potentially trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
This issue affects:
Junos OS:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7,
- from 22.1 before 22.1R3-S6,
- from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S4,
- from 22.3 before 22.3R3-S3,
- from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S2,
- from 23.2 before 23.2R2,
- from 23.4 before 23.4R1-S1, 23.4R2;
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO,
- from 22.1-EVO before 22.1R3-S6-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S4-EVO,
- from 22.3-EVO before 22.3R3-S3-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S2-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-EVO,
- from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R1-S1-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.
- Record
CVE-2024-39556- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- 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-2024-39556 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Juniper Junos, published July 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.09%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.