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High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2026· Updated Apr 17, 2026

CVE-2026-21916

CVE-2026-21916

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to escalate their privileges to root which will lead to a complete compromise of the system.

When after a user has performed a specific 'file link ...' CLI operation, another user commits (unrelated configuration changes), the first user can login as root.

This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 23.2R2-S7, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S6, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S3, * 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S2, * 25.2 versions before 25.2R2.

This issue does not affect versions 25.4R1 or later.

Affected products

39
  • Juniper Networks/Junos39 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 38 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <23.2
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r1-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:25.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:25.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:25.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:25.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.2:r2-s6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:23.4:r2-s5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:24.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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