CVE-2018-0053: Juniper Junos

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the initial boot sequence of Juniper Networks Junos OS on vSRX Series may allow an attacker to gain full control of the system without authentication when the system is initially booted up. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D30 on vSRX.

Affected products

• Juniper Junos: version 15.1x49 only

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