CVE-2026-101956 PUBLISHED

Junos OS: Unauthorized root command execution when J-Web is enabled

Assigner: juniper
Reserved: 28.09.2026 Published: 14.10.2026 Updated: 15.10.2026

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the J-Web web management component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary Junos commands with root privileges via the exposed J-Web web interface.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
CVSS Score: 9.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Juniper Networks
Product	Junos OS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 25.2 to 25.2R2-S2 (excl.) affected from 25.4 to 25.4R1-S3 (excl.) affected from 26.2 to 26.2R1-S2 (excl.)

Affected Configurations

[ system services web-management ... ]

Exploits

Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Solutions

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue:

Junos OS: 25.2R2-S2, 25.4R1-S3, 25.4R2, 26.2R1-S2, 26.2R2, 26.4R1, and all subsequent releases.

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112188

Problem Types

CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE