What is CVE-2025-52988?

CVE-2025-52988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-52988?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

RCE in Juniper Junos

CVE-2025-52988

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.005 (36.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Juniper Junos — versions 21.2, 21.4, 22.2
Juniper Junos_os_evolved — versions 22.4, 23.2, 23.4
Juniper Networks Junos Os — versions 0, 21.4, 22.2
Juniper Networks Junos Os Evolved — versions 0, 23.2-EVO, 23.4-EVO

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

sirt@juniper.net (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-52988?: CVE-2025-52988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-52988?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.