CVE-2025-21589

critical · 9.3

An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router may allows a network-based attacker to bypass authentication and take administrative control of the device. This issue affects Session Smart Router: * from 5.6.7 before 5.6.17, * from 6.0 before 6.0.8 (affected from 6.0.8), * from 6.1 before 6.1.12-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.8-lts, * from 6.3 before 6.3.3-r2; This issue affects Session Smart Conductor: * from 5.6.7 before 5.6.17, * from 6.0 before 6.0.8 (affected from 6.0.8), * from 6.1 before 6.1.12-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.8-lts, * from 6.3 before 6.3.3-r2; This issue affects WAN Assurance Managed Routers: * from 5.6.7 before 5.6.17, * from 6.0 before 6.0.8 (affected from 6.0.8), * from 6.1 before 6.1.12-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.8-lts, * from 6.3 before 6.3.3-r2.

9.3

CVSS

1.5%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

73rd

EPSS percentile

2026-01-27

Published

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-288

References

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2025-21589