CVE-2026-101978

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Oct 16, 2026

Description

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the bootzd zero-touch provisioning daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via a crafted gRPC response.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

VendorProductVersions
Juniper NetworksJunos OS Evolved>= 24.4, < 24.4R2-S5-EVO; >= 25.2, < 25.2R2-S2-EVO; >= 25.4, < 25.4R1-S3-EVO; >= 26.2, < 26.2R1-S2-EVO; 23.4X100; >= 25.2X100, < 25.2X100-D35-EVO; >= 25.4X300, < 25.4X300-D40-EVO

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 14, 2026
Last modified
Oct 16, 2026
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

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CVE-2026-101978: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix