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CVE-2024-30406

Junos OS Evolved: ACX Series with Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent: A local high privileged attacker can recover other administrators credentials

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 12, 2024 at 03:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:26 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsJunos OS EvolvedParagon Active Assurance Test AgentJunos OS Evolved

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A Cleartext Storage in a File on Disk vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on network devices allows a local, authenticated attacker with high privileges to read all other users login credentials. This issue affects only Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved ACX Series devices using the Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent software installed on these devices from 23.1R1-EVO through 23.2R2-EVO. This issue does not affect releases before 23.1R1-EVO.

Affected

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

Junos OS Evolved· Juniper
95%
23.123.1 r123.1 r223.1 r323.223.2 r123.2 r1-s123.2 r1-s2
juniper-acx5448 (environment) · juniper-acx5448-d (environment) · juniper-acx5448-m (environment) · juniper-acx7020 (environment) · juniper-acx7024 (environment) · juniper-acx7024x (environment) · juniper-acx710 (environment) · juniper-acx7100 (environment) · juniper-acx7300 (environment) · juniper-acx7509 (environment)
Paragon Active Assurance Test Agent· Juniper
95%
All versions
juniper-acx5448 (environment) · juniper-acx5448-d (environment) · juniper-acx5448-m (environment) · juniper-acx7020 (environment) · juniper-acx7024 (environment) · juniper-acx7024x (environment) · juniper-acx710 (environment) · juniper-acx7100 (environment) · juniper-acx7300 (environment) · juniper-acx7509 (environment)
Junos OS Evolved· Juniper Networks
60%
23.1R1-EVO ≤ v ≤ 23.2R2-EVO23.1R1-EVO

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA79104
Technical DescriptionVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
ProductTechnical Description
Source: [email protected]
https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/services-paa-test-agent.html
ProductThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/junos-install-upgrade-evo/topics/topic-map/paa-test-agent-install.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMjuniper
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-313

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