Exploiting Multiple J-Web Vulnerabilities to Enable Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Juniper OS (CVE-2023-36844 through CVE-2023-36847)

Published on August 17, 2023, a significant security bulletin from Juniper Networks sheds light on a collection of vulnerabilities embedded in the J-Web component of Junos OS. While each vulnerability might seem innocuous with an individual medium-severity assessment, when combined, they conjure a critical challenge – the prospect of unauthenticated remote code execution.

Chaining Vulnerabilities for Remote Code Execution

These vulnerabilities have been cataloged under the CVE identifiers – CVE-2023-36844, CVE-2023-36845, CVE-2023-36846, and CVE-2023-36847. The beauty, or rather the complexity, …

assessment august code code execution collection critical cve cve-2023-36844 embedded enable exploiting juniper juniper networks junos junos os medium networks remote code remote code execution security security bulletin severity unauthenticated vulnerabilities vulnerability web web vulnerabilities