CVE-2018-0044: Juniper Junos

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An insecure SSHD configuration in Juniper Device Manager (JDM) and host OS on Juniper NFX Series devices may allow remote unauthenticated access if any of the passwords on the system are empty. The affected SSHD configuration has the PermitEmptyPasswords option set to "yes". Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R4 on NFX Series.

Affected products

• Juniper Junos: from 18.1r1, up to and including 18.1r3

Published 2018-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.