CVE-2026-102059

Status: Awaiting AnalysisHigh (8.7)—

Severity8.7High · CVSS 4.0

Exploitation probability3.89 %higher than 90% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the phone-home daemon (phcd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on EX Series, SRX Series, and QFX Series allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a rogue DHCP server.

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:Y/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:X

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.89 %
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 movement90 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution85 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation70 %

Vector AV:A/PR:N/UI:N (red adyacente sin autenticación) y descripción: inyección de comandos OS en phcd que ejecuta comandos arbitrarios con privilegios root.

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 (2)

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

Juniper — Junos OS^AI Juniper — Junos OS Evolved^AI

CWEs

CWE-78

References

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https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112187

Raw JSON (NVD)

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