CVE-2021-31385
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-10-19
- WeaknessCWE-22
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Description
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows any low-privileged authenticated attacker to elevate their privileges to root. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S19; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R7-S10; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S5; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R3-S9; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S6; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S7, 19.2R3-S3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S5; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2-S2, 20.1R3-S1; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S2; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R2-S1, 20.4R3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R1-S1, 21.1R2.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-10-1919:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-31385?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-31385?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.3 | = 12.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 15.1 | = 15.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 18.3 | = 18.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 18.4 | = 18.4 | no fix published | NVD |
| 19.1 | = 19.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 19.2 | = 19.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 19.3 | = 19.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 19.4 | = 19.4 | no fix published | NVD |
| 20.1 | = 20.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 20.2 | = 20.2 | no fix published | NVD |
| 20.3 | = 20.3 | no fix published | NVD |
| 20.4 | = 20.4 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- kb.juniper.netVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- CNACVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.08.5read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.5 %2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-10-19
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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