{"cve":"CVE-2025-52988","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-11T16:15:26.187","modified":"2026-06-17T09:37:25.307","status":"Analyzed","description":"An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the CLI of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows a high privileged, local attacker to escalated their privileges to root.\n\nWhen a user provides specifically crafted arguments to the 'request system logout' command, these will be executed as root on the shell, which can completely compromise the device.\nThis issue affects:\n\nJunos OS: \n\n\n\n  *  all versions before 21.2R3-S9,\n  *  21.4 versions before 21.4R3-S8,\n  *  22.2 versions before 22.2R3-S6,\n  *  22.3 versions before 22.3R3-S3,\n  *  22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S6,\n  *  23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S1,\n  *  23.4 versions before 23.4R1-S2, 23.4R2;\n\n\n\n\nJunos OS Evolved:\n\n\n\n  *  all versions before 22.4R3-S6-EVO,\n  *  23.2-EVO versions before 23.2R2-S1-EVO,\n  *  23.4-EVO versions before 23.4R1-S2-EVO, 23.4R2-EVO.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:M","score":8.4},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":6.7},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA100095"],"products":["juniper:junos","juniper:junos_os_evolved"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-52988","score":0.00438,"percentile":0.38128,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}