CVE-2021-0212

Contrail Networking: Administrator credentials are exposed in a plaintext file

Published Jan 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An Information Exposure vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Networking allows a locally authenticated attacker able to read files to retrieve administrator credentials stored in plaintext thereby elevating their privileges over the system. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Contrail Networking versions prior to 1911.31.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Contrail Networking 1911.31 and subsequent releases.


Vendor Workaround

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2831 An Information Exposure vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Networking allows a locally authenticated attacker able to read files to retrieve administrator credentials stored in plaintext thereby elevating their privileges over the system. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Contrail Networking versions prior to 1911.31.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
juniper
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:21 PM
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 15, 2021, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:29 AM