What is CVE-2019-0073?

CVE-2019-0073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2019-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-0073?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Junos

CVE-2019-0073

The PKI keys exported using the command "run request security pki key-pair export" on Junos OS may have insecure file permissions. This may allow another user on the Junos OS device with shell access to read them. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D180; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S7; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2-S8, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S8; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R3; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R2.

Published 2019-10-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 15.1x49, 17.3, 17.4
Juniper Networks Junos OS — versions 15.1X49, 17.3, 17.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

kb.juniper.net/JSA10974 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0073?: CVE-2019-0073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2019-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-0073?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.