What is CVE-2020-1616?

CVE-2020-1616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Advanced Threat Protection, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-1616?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Advanced Threat Protection

CVE-2020-1616

Due to insufficient server-side login attempt limit enforcement, a vulnerability in the SSH login service of Juniper Networks Juniper Advanced Threat Prevention (JATP) Series and Virtual JATP (vJATP) devices allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform multiple login attempts in excess of the configured login attempt limit. Successful exploitation will allow the attacker to perform brute-force password attacks on the SSH service. This issue affects: Juniper Networks JATP and vJATP versions prior to 5.0.6.0.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Juniper Advanced_threat_protection
Juniper Virtual_advanced_threat_protection
Juniper Networks Jatp — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1616?: CVE-2020-1616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Advanced Threat Protection, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-1616?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.