CVE-2024-30406
Junos OS Evolved: ACX Series with Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent: A local high privileged attacker can recover other administrators credentials
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- juniper
Description
A Cleartext Storage in a File on Disk vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on network devices allows a local, authenticated attacker with high privileges to read all other users login credentials. This issue affects only Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on these devices from 23.1R1-EVO through 23.2R2-EVO. This issue does not affect releases before 23.1R1-EVO.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N |
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.14% · top 97% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Weakness
Affected products
Juniper Networks · Junos OS Evolved
- affected 23.1R1-EVO – ≤ 23.2R2-EVO
What to do
Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS Evolved: 23.2R2-EVO, 23.3R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases. Note: Before you upgrade the system software from Junos OS Evolved Release 23.2R1 to a later release, you must uninstall the test agent using the request services paa uninstall command. See the product documentation for upgrade procedures and coordinate with JTAC for support.
Workaround: There are no known workarounds for this issue. Devices using the following deprecated operational mode command are unaffected: <codeph>request services paa install</codeph> See the Junos OS Evolved Software Installation and Upgrade Guide for the Paragon Active Assurance (PAA) Test Agent installation instructions for further information.
Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
References (4)
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA79104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/junos-install-upgrade-evo/topics/topic-map/paa-test-agent-install.html (opens in a new tab)productx_transferred
- https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/services-paa-test-agent.html (opens in a new tab)productx_transferred
- https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionx_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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