Junos OS (SRX firewalls)
CVE-2025-30654: A local, low privileged user can access sensitive information
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the User Interface (UI) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged, authenticated attacker with access to the CLI to access sensitive information.
Published
Automatic summary from the vendor's CVE record. We haven't written a full analysis of this vulnerability yet.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Junos OS 0 | 21.4R3-S10 or later |
| Junos OS 22.2 | 22.2R3-S5 or later |
| Junos OS 22.4 | 22.4R3-S5 or later |
| Junos OS 23.2 | 23.2R2-S3 or later |
| Junos OS 23.4 | 23.4R2-S3 or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 0 | 21.4R3-S10-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 22.2-EVO | 22.2R3-S6-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 22.4-EVO | 22.4R3-S5-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 23.2-EVO | 23.2R2-S3-EVO or later |
| Junos OS Evolved 23.4-EVO | 23.4R2-S3-EVO or later |
Always confirm against the vendor advisory, which lists every fixed hotfix.
What it is
An Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the User Interface (UI) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a local, low-privileged, authenticated attacker with access to the CLI to access sensitive information.
Through the execution of a specific show mgd command, a user with limited permissions (e.g., a low-privileged login class user) can access sensitive information such as hashed passwords, that can be used to further impact the system.
This issue affects Junos OS: * All versions before 21.4R3-S10, * from 22.2 before 22.2R3-S5, * from 22.4 before 22.4R3-S5, * from 23.2 before 23.2R2-S3, * from 23.4 before 23.4R2-S3.
Junos OS Evolved:
- All versions before 21.4R3-S10-EVO,
- from 22.2-EVO before 22.2R3-S6-EVO,
- from 22.4-EVO before 22.4R3-S5-EVO,
- from 23.2-EVO before 23.2R2-S3-EVO,
- from 23.4-EVO before 23.4R2-S3-EVO.
Workarounds
Use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the CLI only from trusted hosts and administrators.
Exploitation
Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 13 Oct 2026.