An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the bootzd zero-touch provisioning daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via crafted DHCP response.

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Solution

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS Evolved: 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO, 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO, 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO, 24.4R2-S5-EVO, 25.2R2-S2-EVO, 25.2X100-D35-EVO, 25.4R1-S3-EVO, 25.4R2-EVO, 25.4X300-D40-EVO, 26.2R1-S2-EVO, 26.2R2-EVO, 26.4R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases. Note: For Junos OS Evolved releases 23.2-EVO, 23.4-EVO, and 24.2-EVO, specific respins have been referenced. Previously published versions of these releases have been rebuilt to resolve the security vulnerabilities identified in this advisory.


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History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the bootzd zero-touch provisioning daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via crafted DHCP response.
Title Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: An attacker controlled DHCP response causes root-level compromise when zero-touch provisioning is used
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, '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:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: juniper

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T16:15:12.683Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T16:28:35.625Z

Link: CVE-2026-101967

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T17:17:49.100

Modified: 2026-10-14T17:17:49.100

Link: CVE-2026-101967

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