CVE-2026-101967

Status: Awaiting AnalysisCritical (9.3)—
Severity9.3Critical · CVSS 4.0
Exploitation probability3.92 %higher than 90% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the bootzd zero-touch provisioning daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via crafted DHCP response.

CVSS

Base score
9.3
Version
4.0
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
3.92 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
90
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vector AV:A, PR:N, UI:N y descripción que indica ejecución de comandos como root mediante una respuesta DHCP manipulada desde la LAN de gestión.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

CWEs

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