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

ExploitedNot in CISA KEV
Ransomware useNot reportedPer CISA
SeverityMEDIUMCVSS 4.0 6.8
EPSS0.17%Chance of exploitation in 30 days
Public exploitNot tracked
FixAvailable

Automatic summary from the vendor's CVE record. We haven't written a full analysis of this vulnerability yet.

Affected and fixed versions

Product / branchFixed in
Junos OS 021.4R3-S10 or later
Junos OS 22.222.2R3-S5 or later
Junos OS 22.422.4R3-S5 or later
Junos OS 23.223.2R2-S3 or later
Junos OS 23.423.4R2-S3 or later
Junos OS Evolved 021.4R3-S10-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved 22.2-EVO22.2R3-S6-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved 22.4-EVO22.4R3-S5-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved 23.2-EVO23.2R2-S3-EVO or later
Junos OS Evolved 23.4-EVO23.4R2-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.

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