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CVE-2018-0012
Junos Space: Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Junos Space
High7.8EPSS 0.34%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- juniper
Description
Junos Space is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that may allow a local authenticated attacker to gain root privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Privilege escalation
Affected products
Juniper Networks · Junos Space
- affected All – < 17.2R1
What to do
Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos Space 17.2R1 and all subsequent releases.
Workaround: Use access lists or firewall filters to limit access to the device only from trusted hosts and administrators.
Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
References (2)
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10838 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1040189 (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)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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