Juniper Security Director Policy Enforcer prior 23.1R1 Hotpatch 3 vSRX Image missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Juniper Security Director Policy Enforcer. Impacted is an unknown function of the component vSRX Image Handler. Such manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-11198. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Juniper Security Director Policy Enforcer. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component vSRX Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Juniper Networks Security Director Policy Enforcer allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to replace legitimate vSRX images with malicious ones. If a trusted user initiates deployment, Security Director Policy Enforcer will deliver the attacker's uploaded image to VMware NSX instead of a legitimate one. This issue affects Security Director Policy Enforcer:   * All versions before 23.1R1 Hotpatch v3. This issue does not affect Junos Space Security Director Insights.

The advisory is shared for download at supportportal.juniper.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-11198 since 09/30/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/09/2025).

Upgrading to version 23.1R1 Hotpatch 3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2238). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

  • Juniper JUNOS

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Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Security Director Policy Enforcer 23.1R1 Hotpatch 3

Timelineinfo

09/30/2025 CVE reserved
10/09/2025 +9 days Advisory disclosed
10/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: juniper.net

Advisory: JSA103437
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-11198 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-11198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-327728
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2238 - Juniper JUNOS OS, Space, OS Evolved: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2025 18:34
Updated: 10/09/2025 20:05
Changes: 10/09/2025 18:34 (81), 10/09/2025 20:05 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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