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01 Record

CVE-2018-0044

NFX Series: Insecure sshd configuration in Juniper Device Manager (JDM) and host OS

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: juniper
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

NFX Series: Insecure sshd configuration in Juniper Device Manager (JDM) and host OS

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 71.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-10-10 18:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 22:31Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-11-16
Assigning CNA
juniper
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9e8d45c8063320db8c69336b98f916abb5a99a6bf08b30d757bc17cd9d45c1a9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Juniper NetworksJunos OS18.1 to < 18.1R4NFX Series

06 References

07 Remediation

PermitEmptyPasswords option has been set to no by default in the fixed versions of Junos OS. The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 18.1R4, 18.2R1 and all subsequent releases.