CVE-2018-0044

8.1 highEPSS 1.3%

High (8.1) in juniper junos. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An insecure SSHD configuration in Juniper Device Manager (JDM) and host OS on Juniper NFX Series devices may allow remote unauthenticated access if any of the passwords on the system are empty. The affected SSHD configuration has the PermitEmptyPasswords option set to "yes". Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R4 on NFX Series.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.1 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2018-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

juniper:junos

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105565
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10878
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105565
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10878

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