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CVE record · CVE-2022-22239

Junos OS Evolved: The ssh CLI command always runs as root which can lead to privilege escalation

CVSS 8.2 HighEPSS 0.0019 · 9th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: juniper) at 18 Oct 2022, 02:46 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved
  • affected unspecified to before 20.4R3-S5-EVO custom
  • affected 21.1-EVO to before 21.1R3-EVO custom
  • affected 21.2-EVO to before 21.2R2-S1-EVO, 21.2R3-EVO custom
  • affected 21.3-EVO to before 21.3R2-EVO custom
Identifiers
CVE-2022-22239
CNA
juniper
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-250
Tags
Published
18 Oct 2022
Updated
10 May 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.2 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (juniper)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0019, the 9th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 Oct 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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