CVE-2024-2973
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2024-06-27
- Fixed in6.2.5-sts · 6.1.9-lts · 5.6.15
- WeaknessCWE-288
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Description
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router or conductor running with a redundant peer allows a network based attacker to bypass authentication and take full control of the device. Only routers or conductors that are running in high-availability redundant configurations are affected by this vulnerability. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue. This issue affects: Session Smart Router: * All versions before 5.6.15, * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts. Session Smart Conductor: * All versions before 5.6.15, * from 6.0 before 6.1.9-lts, * from 6.2 before 6.2.5-sts. WAN Assurance Router: * 6.0 versions before 6.1.9-lts, * 6.2 versions before 6.2.5-sts.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2024-06-2721:15CVE 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-2024-2973?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-2973?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
CISA-ADP| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.5-sts | 6.2.5-sts | CISA-ADP |
| 6.x | ≥ 6.0, < 6.1.9-lts | 6.1.9-lts | CISA-ADP |
| 5.6 | < 5.6.15 | 5.6.15 | CISA-ADP |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.5-sts | 6.2.5-sts | CISA-ADP |
| 6.x | ≥ 6.0, < 6.1.9-lts | 6.1.9-lts | CISA-ADP |
| 5.6 | < 5.6.15 | 5.6.15 | CISA-ADP |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.5-sts | 6.2.5-sts | CISA-ADP |
| 6.x | ≥ 6.0, < 6.1.9-lts | 6.1.9-lts | CISA-ADP |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Juniper session smart conductor to 6.2.5-sts · 6.1.9-lts · 5.6.15
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 4.0 vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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:Y/R:X/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
- Published
- 2024-06-27
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Deferred
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