CVE-2020-1630

Junos OS: Privilege escalation vulnerability in dual REs, VC or HA cluster may allow unauthorized configuration change.

Published Apr 8, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS devices configured with dual Routing Engines (RE), Virtual Chassis (VC) or high-availability cluster may allow a local authenticated low-privileged user with access to the shell to perform unauthorized configuration modification. This issue does not affect Junos OS device with single RE or stand-alone configuration. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S14; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D86, 12.3X48-D90; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D51; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S6; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D181, 15.1X49-D190; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D592; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S13, 16.1R7-S6; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S10; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S1; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S6; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S7; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S5, 18.2R3-S1; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60, 18.2X75-D411; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S5, 18.3R2-S1, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S4, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R3; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S2, 19.1R2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S1, 19.2R2.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 12.3R12-S14, 12.3X48-D86, 12.3X48-D90, 14.1X53-D51, 15.1R7-S6, 15.1X49-D181, 15.1X49-D190, 15.1X53-D592, 16.1R4-S13, 16.1R7-S6, 16.2R2-S10, 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S1, 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3, 17.2X75-D110, 17.2X75-D44, 17.3R3-S6, 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3, 18.1R3-S7, 18.2R2-S5, 18.2R3-S1, 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D411, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60, 18.3R1-S5, 18.3R1-S6, 18.3R2-S1, 18.3R2-S3, 18.3R3, 18.4R1-S4, 18.4R1-S5, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R3, 19.1R1-S2, 19.1R2, 19.2R1-S1, 19.2R2, 19.3R1, and all subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

Disallow unprivileged authenticated users access to Junos shell. Limit shell access to only trusted administrators.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12498 A privilege escalation vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS devices configured with dual Routing Engines (RE), Virtual Chassis (VC) or high-availability cluster may allow a local authenticated low-privileged user with access to the shell to perform unauthorized configuration modification. This issue does not affect Junos OS device with single RE or stand-alone configuration. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S14; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D86, 12.3X48-D90; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D51; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S6; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D181, 15.1X49-D190; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D592; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S13, 16.1R7-S6; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S10; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S11, 17.1R3-S1; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S9, 17.2R3-S3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S6; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S6, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S7; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R2-S5, 18.2R3-S1; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2X75-D12, 18.2X75-D33, 18.2X75-D420, 18.2X75-D60, 18.2X75-D411; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S5, 18.3R2-S1, 18.3R3; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S4, 18.4R2-S1, 18.4R3; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R1-S2, 19.1R2; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S1, 19.2R2.
References
History

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:20 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 8, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM