Auth bypass in Juniper Security Director Policy Enforcer
CVE-2025-11198
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Juniper Networks Security Director Policy Enforcer allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to replace legitimate vSRX images with malicious ones. If a trusted user initiates deployment, Security Director Policy Enforcer will deliver the attacker's uploaded image to VMware NSX instead of a legitimate one. This issue affects Security Director Policy Enforcer: * All versions before 23.1R1 Hotpatch v3. This issue does not affect Junos Space Security Director Insights.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.4% 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 Security Director Policy Enforcer — versions 23.1
- Juniper Networks Security Director Policy Enforcer — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- supportportal.juniper.net/JSA103437 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-11198?
- CVE-2025-11198 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Security Director Policy Enforcer, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2025-10-09.
- How severe is CVE-2025-11198?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.