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CVE-2026-101986 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.6%

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an…

Juniper Networks · Junos OS

Summary

The flaw is an improper authentication weakness in J-Web, the web management interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can send a crafted HTTP request to bypass J-Web authentication and run CGI content with elevated privileges, with no user interaction or prior credentials required.

Official description · NVD

An Improper Authentication vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated network attacker to bypass J-Web authentication and execute CGI content with elevated privileges via a crafted HTTP request.

Breakdown
18.5 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 14 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 8 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

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