CVE-2026-103402
Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor: Lack of integrity verification in cache files causes arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation
An Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in PCLI in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor allows an attacker with write access to the model cache directory to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the processing of unverified cache files.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor: Lack of integrity verification in cache files causes arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation
An Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in PCLI in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor allows an attacker with write access to the model cache directory to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the processing of unverified cache files.
- Record
CVE-2026-103402- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
EUVDEUVD-2026-112219
An Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in PCLI in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor allows an attacker with write access to the model cache directory to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the processing of unverified cache files.
- Record
EUVD-2026-112219- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-06
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fq6r-5gh8-h83j
An Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in PCLI in Juniper Networks...
An Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in PCLI in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor allows an attacker with write access to the model cache directory to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the processing of unverified cache files.
- Record
GHSA-fq6r-5gh8-h83j- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in PCLI in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router and Session Smart Conductor allows an attacker with write access to the model cache directory to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the processing of unverified cache files.
- Record
CVE-2026-103402- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-103402 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor, published October 28, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.