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CVE record · CVE-2023-28973

Junos OS Evolved: The 'sysmanctl' shell command allows a local user to gain access to some administrative actions

CVSS 7.1 HighEPSS 0.0015 · 3rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: juniper) at 17 Apr 2023, 00:00 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 21.2 to before 21.2R3-EVO custom
  • affected 21.3 to before 21.3R2-EVO custom
  • affected 21.4 to before 21.4R1-S2-EVO, 21.4R2-EVO custom
Identifiers
CVE-2023-28973
CNA
juniper
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-285
Tags
Published
17 Apr 2023
Updated
6 Feb 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.1 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CNA (juniper)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0015, the 3rd 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 17 Apr 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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