CVE-2022-22156
An Improper Certificate Validation weakness in the Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to perform Person-in-the-Middle (PitM) attacks when a system script is fetched from a remote source at a specified HTTPS URL, which may compromise the integrity and confidentiality of the device. The following command can be executed by an administrator via the CLI to refresh a script from a remote location, which is affected from this vulnerability: >request system scripts refresh-from (commit | event | extension-service | op | snmp) file filename url <https-url> This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS All versions prior to 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S4; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S7; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R2-S1, 20.3R3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R1-S1, 21.1R2.
- Affected products
- Junos
- Juniper Junos
- ≤ 18.3, 18.4, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 21.1
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGH
- EPSS
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-358, CWE-295, CWE-300
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-01-19
Fix
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 18.4R2-S9, 18.4R3-S9, 19.1R2-S3, 19.1R3-S7, 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3, 19.3R3-S4, 19.4R3-S7, 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3, 20.2R3, 20.3R2-S1, 20.3R3, 20.4R2, 21.1R1-S1, 21.1R2, 21.2R1 and all subsequent releases.
Workaround
There are no viable workarounds for this issue.
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