Juniper Security Director 24.4.1 authorization

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Juniper Security Director 24.4.1. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-52950. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Juniper Security Director 24.4.1. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in Juniper Networks Security Director allows an unauthenticated network-based attacker to read or tamper with multiple sensitive resources via the web interface. Numerous endpoints on the Juniper Security Director appliance do not validate authorization and will deliver information to the caller that is outside their authorization level. An attacker can access data that is outside the user's authorization level. The information obtained can be used to gain access to additional information or perpetrate other attacks, impacting downstream managed devices. This issue affects Security Director version 24.4.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at supportportal.juniper.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-52950 since 06/23/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/27/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-21158) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1519). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Juniper MX Series
• Juniper JUNOS
• Juniper SRX Series
• Juniper Security Director
• Juniper Junos Space

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• Juniper

Name

• Security Director

Version

• 24.4.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.juniper.net/

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