01 Record
CVE-2020-1669
Junos OS: NFX350: Password hashes stored in world-readable format
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: juniper
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Junos OS: NFX350: Password hashes stored in world-readable format
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
- 0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 16.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- 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
- 2020-10-16 20:31Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- juniper
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5f887ef641cad3191166cf1d747917d3fa17cb0f528397762fbdd7aea690fbfa
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- kb.juniper.nethttps://kb.juniper.net/JSA11066
07 Remediation
Junos OS now stores local password hashes in the protected /etc/shadow file. The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: Junos OS 19.4R3, 20.1R1-S4, 20.1R2, 20.2R1, and all subsequent releases.