{"id":"CVE-2024-2973","aliases":["EUVD-2024-27913","GHSA-jcwm-g9h6-hf43"],"status":"published","title":"Session Smart Router(SSR): On redundant router deployments API authentication can be bypassed","description":"An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router or conductor running with a redundant peer allows a network based attacker to bypass authentication and take full control of the device.\nOnly routers or conductors that are running in high-availability redundant configurations are affected by this vulnerability.\n\n\n\n\nNo other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.\n\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects:\n\nSession Smart Router: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 5.6.15, \n  *  from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts, \n  *  from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts.\n\n\n\nSession Smart Conductor: \n\n\n\n  *  All versions before 5.6.15, \n  *  from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts, \n  *  from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts. \n\n\n\nWAN Assurance Router: \n\n\n\n  *  6.0 versions before 6.1.9-lts, \n  *  6.2 versions before 6.2.5-sts.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:Y/V:C/RE:M/U:Red","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01088,"percentile":0.65554,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-288"],"published":"2024-06-27T20:17:50Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:25:56Z","products":[{"vendor":"juniper","product":"session_smart_conductor"},{"vendor":"juniper","product":"session_smart_router"},{"vendor":"juniper","product":"wan_assurance_router"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"session smart conductor"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"session smart router"},{"vendor":"juniper networks","product":"wan assurance router"}],"references":[{"url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA83126","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://support.juniper.net/support/eol/software/ssr/","tags":["related","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2973"},{"url":"https://support.juniper.net/support/eol/software/ssr"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcwm-g9h6-hf43"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-2973","title":"Session Smart Router(SSR): On redundant router deployments API authentication can be bypassed","description":"An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router or conductor running with a redundant peer allows a network based attacker to bypass authentication and take full control of the device.\nOnly routers or conductors that are running in high-availability redundant configurations are affected by this vulnerability.\n\n\n\n\nNo other Juniper Networks products or platforms are 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