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CVE-2026-101956 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.8%

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the J-Web web management component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an…

Juniper Networks · Junos OS

Summary

An Improper Authentication flaw in the J-Web web management component of Juniper Networks Junos OS. An unauthenticated remote attacker who can reach the exposed J-Web web interface can execute arbitrary Junos commands with root privileges, with no user interaction required.

Official description · NVD

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the J-Web web management component of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary Junos commands with root privileges via the exposed J-Web web interface.

Breakdown
20.0 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 14 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 8 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

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