CVE-2026-101978

Status: Awaiting AnalysisHigh (8.7)—

Severity8.7High · 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 on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via a crafted gRPC response.

CVSS

Base score: 8.7
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:L/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.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement80 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution90 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation55 %

Inyección de comandos en el demonio bootzd (CWE-78) con ejecución como root desde la LAN de gestión, sin autenticación ni interacción (AV:A/PR:N/UI:N).

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

Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Execution Prevention Disable or Remove Feature or Program Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection

Affected technologies (1)

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

Juniper — Junos OS Evolved^AI

CWEs

CWE-78

References

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https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112250

Raw JSON (NVD)

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