Juniper Junos OS Evolved prior 23.2R2-EVO missing authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Juniper Junos OS Evolved. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes missing authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-33788. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Juniper Junos OS Evolved. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the Flexible PIC Concentrators (FPCs) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows a local, authenticated attacker with low privileges to gain direct access to FPCs installed in the device. A local user with low privileges can gain direct access to the installed FPCs as a high privileged user, which can potentially lead to a full compromise of the affected component. This issue affects Junos OS Evolved on PTX10004, PTX10008, PTX100016, with JNP10K-LC1201 or JNP10K-LC1202: * All versions before 21.2R3-S8-EVO, * 21.4-EVO versions before 21.4R3-S7-EVO, * 22.2-EVO versions before 22.2R3-S4-EVO, * 22.3-EVO versions before 22.3R3-S3-EVO, * 22.4-EVO versions before 22.4R3-S2-EVO, * 23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-EVO.

The advisory is shared at kb.juniper.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-33788 since 03/23/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/10/2026).

Upgrading to version 21.2R3-S8-EVO, 21.4R3-S7-EVO, 22.2R3-S4-EVO, 22.3R3-S3-EVO, 22.4R3-S2-EVO or 23.2R2-EVO eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Router Operating System

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• Juniper

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• Junos OS Evolved

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.juniper.net/

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