What is CVE-2020-1669?

CVE-2020-1669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2020-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-1669?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Junos

CVE-2020-1669

The Juniper Device Manager (JDM) container, used by the disaggregated Junos OS architecture on Juniper Networks NFX350 Series devices, stores password hashes in the world-readable file /etc/passwd. This is not a security best current pract…

EPSS: 0.003 (16.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 19.4, 20.1
Juniper Nfx350
Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions 19.4, 20.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-256 — Plaintext Storage of a Password
CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

sirt@juniper.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1669?: CVE-2020-1669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2020-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-1669?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.