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
06 References
- kb.juniper.nethttps://kb.juniper.net/JSA10878
- www.securityfocus.com105565http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105565
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.