What is CVE-2017-10615?

CVE-2017-10615 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Juniper Ex3200, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-10615?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Juniper Ex3200

CVE-2017-10615

A vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash daemons such as telnetd or sshd that make use of PAM. Affected Juniper Networks Junos OS releases are: 14.1 from 14.1R5 prior to 14.1R8-S4, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D50 on EX and QFX series; 14.2 from 14.2R3 prior to 14.2R7-S8, 14.2R8; No other Junos OS releases are affected by this issue. No other Juniper Networks products are affected by this issue.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-10-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

kb.juniper.net/JSA10818 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040039 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10615?: CVE-2017-10615 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Juniper Ex3200, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-10615?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.