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

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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 trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-11198: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

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

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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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.