CVE-2025-52983 is a high-severity UI Discrepancy vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems, allowing unauthenticated network-based attackers to gain root access. Specifically, even after a root public key is removed, users with the corresponding private key can still log in as root. This affects multiple Junos OS versions across various release trains. The CVSS score is 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring high privileges to exploit. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 22.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:22.2:r1-s2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:X
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