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CVE-2022-22221


An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability in the download manager of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series allows a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to take full control over the device. One aspect of this vulnerability is that the attacker needs to be able to execute any of the "request ..." or "show system download ..." commands. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series and EX Series: All versions prior to 19.2R1-S9, 19.2R3-S5; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S6; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R3-S8; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R3-S4; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R3-S4; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R3-S3; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R3-S2, 20.4R3-S3; 21.1 versions prior to 21.1R3-S1; 21.2 versions prior to 21.2R2-S2, 21.2R3; 21.3 versions prior to 21.3R2, 21.3R3; 21.4 versions prior to 21.4R1-S1, 21.4R2.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 86 products from juniper, from juniper, from juniper and 83 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2022, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2022-07-20T15:15:09.123

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:46:25.550

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System juniper junos < 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 19.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 20.4 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.1 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.2 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.3 Yes
Operating System juniper junos 21.4 Yes
Hardware juniper ex_redundant_power_system - No
Hardware juniper ex2200 - No
Hardware juniper ex2200-c - No
Hardware juniper ex2200-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex2300 - No
Hardware juniper ex2300-c - No
Hardware juniper ex2300m - No
Hardware juniper ex3200 - No
Hardware juniper ex3300 - No
Hardware juniper ex3300-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex3400 - No
Hardware juniper ex4200 - No
Hardware juniper ex4200-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex4300 - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-24p - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-24p-s - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-24t - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-24t-s - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-32f - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-32f-dc - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-32f-s - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48mp - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48mp-s - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48p - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48p-s - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48t - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48t-afi - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48t-dc - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48t-dc-afi - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48t-s - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48tafi - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48tdc - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-48tdc-afi - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-mp - No
Hardware juniper ex4300-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex4300m - No
Hardware juniper ex4400 - No
Hardware juniper ex4500 - No
Hardware juniper ex4500-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex4550 - No
Hardware juniper ex4550-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex4550\/vc - No
Hardware juniper ex4600 - No
Hardware juniper ex4600-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex4650 - No
Hardware juniper ex6200 - No
Hardware juniper ex6210 - No
Hardware juniper ex8200 - No
Hardware juniper ex8200-vc - No
Hardware juniper ex8208 - No
Hardware juniper ex8216 - No
Hardware juniper ex9200 - No
Hardware juniper ex9204 - No
Hardware juniper ex9208 - No
Hardware juniper ex9214 - No
Hardware juniper ex9250 - No
Hardware juniper ex9251 - No
Hardware juniper ex9253 - No
Hardware juniper srx100 - No
Hardware juniper srx110 - No
Hardware juniper srx1400 - No
Hardware juniper srx1500 - No
Hardware juniper srx210 - No
Hardware juniper srx220 - No
Hardware juniper srx240 - No
Hardware juniper srx240h2 - No
Hardware juniper srx300 - No
Hardware juniper srx320 - No
Hardware juniper srx340 - No
Hardware juniper srx3400 - No
Hardware juniper srx345 - No
Hardware juniper srx3600 - No
Hardware juniper srx380 - No
Hardware juniper srx4000 - No
Hardware juniper srx4100 - No
Hardware juniper srx4200 - No
Hardware juniper srx4600 - No
Hardware juniper srx5000 - No
Hardware juniper srx5400 - No
Hardware juniper srx550 - No
Hardware juniper srx550_hm - No
Hardware juniper srx550m - No
Hardware juniper srx5600 - No
Hardware juniper srx5800 - No
Hardware juniper srx650 - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For juniper's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.