CVE-2021-0235

Junos OS: SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3, vSRX Series: In a multi-tenant environment, a tenant host administrator may configure logical firewall isolation affecting other tenant networks

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 22, 2021 at 07:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:29 AM UTC
6 products affected across 2 vendorsJunosSrx1500Srx4100

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

On SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3, vSRX Series devices using tenant services on Juniper Networks Junos OS, due to incorrect permission scheme assigned to tenant system administrators, a tenant system administrator may inadvertently send their network traffic to one or more tenants while concurrently modifying the overall device system traffic management, affecting all tenants and the service provider. Further, a tenant may inadvertently receive traffic from another tenant. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 18.3 version 18.3R1 and later versions on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2; 18.4 version 18.4R1 and later versions on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3; 19.1 versions 19.1R1 and later versions on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3; 19.2 versions prior to 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2, 20.1R3 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3 vSRX Series; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3 vSRX Series; 20.3 versions prior to 20.3R1-S2, 20.3R2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3 vSRX Series; 20.4 versions prior to 20.4R1, 20.4R2 on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, SRX4600, SRX5000 Series with SPC2/SPC3 vSRX Series. This issue does not affect Juniper Networks Junos OS versions prior to 18.3R1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 18.3*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 18.3R1 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 18.4*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.1*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.2R1-S6, 19.2R3-S2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.3R3-S2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.4R2-S4, 19.4R3-S2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.1R2, 20.1R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.2R2-S1, 20.2R3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.3R1-S2, 20.3R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 20.4R1, 20.4R2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
juniper-srx1500 (environment) · juniper-srx4100 (environment) · juniper-srx4200 (environment) · juniper-srx4600 (environment) · juniper-srx5000 (environment)
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Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11130

CVSS

7.3HIGHjuniper
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276

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