{"id":"CVE-2017-10615","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-10615","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:41:35.129Z","title":"A vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash daemons such as telnetd or sshd that make use of PAM.","description":"A vulnerability in the pluggable authentication module (PAM) of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow an unauthenticated network based attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or crash daemons such as telnetd or sshd that make use of PAM. Affected Juniper Networks Junos OS releases are: 14.1 from 14.1R5 prior to 14.1R8-S4, 14.1R9; 14.1X53 prior to 14.1X53-D50 on EX and QFX series; 14.2 from 14.2R3 prior to 14.2R7-S8, 14.2R8; No other Junos OS releases are affected by this issue. No other Juniper Networks products are affected by this issue.","published":"2017-10-13T17:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:00:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"sirt@juniper.net","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["juniper/junos"],"epss":{"score":0.02455,"percentile":0.84324,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040039","source":"sirt@juniper.net"},{"url":"https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10818","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"sirt@juniper.net"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040039","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10818","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10615","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}