CVE-2017-10601
Junos OS: Insufficient authentication for user login when a specific system configuration error occurs.
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- juniper
Description
A specific device configuration can result in a commit failure condition. When this occurs, a user is logged in without being prompted for a password while trying to login through console, ssh, ftp, telnet or su, etc., This issue relies upon a device configuration precondition to occur. Typically, device configurations are the result of a trusted administrative change to the system's running configuration. The following error messages may be seen when this failure occurs: mgd: error: commit failed: (statements constraint check failed) Warning: Commit failed, activating partial configuration. Warning: Edit the router configuration to fix these errors. If the administrative changes are not made that result in such a failure, then this issue is not seen. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 prior to 12.3R10, 12.3R11; 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D20; 13.2 prior to 13.2R8; 13.3 prior to 13.3R7; 14.1 prior to 14.1R4-S12, 14.1R5, 14.1R6; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D30; 14.2 prior to 14.2R4; 15.1 prior to 15.1F2, 15.1F3, 15.1R2.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- authentication bypass vulnerability
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 12.3 prior to 12.3R10, 12.3R11
- affected 12.3X48 prior to 12.3X48-D20
- affected 13.2 prior to 13.2R8
- affected 13.3 prior to 13.3R7
- affected 14.1 prior to 14.1R4-S12, 14.1R5, 14.1R6
- affected 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D30
- affected 14.2 prior to 14.2R4
- affected 15.1 prior to 15.1F2, 15.1F3, 15.1R2
What to do
Workaround: Make sure authentication works as expected after a system configuration change. Use the SSH certificate based authentication. Use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the device only from trusted administrative hosts, networks and users.
References (2)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10802 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-10601)Record last updated .