Is CVE-2025-52983 being actively exploited?

CVE-2025-52983 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-52983?

CVE-2025-52983 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2025-52983

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD

A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device. On VM Host Routing Engines (RE), even if the configured public key for root has been removed, remote users which are in possession of the corresponding private key can still log in as root. This issue affects Junos OS: * all versions before 22.2R3-S7, * 22.4 versions before 22.4R3-S5, * 23.2 versions before 23.2R2-S3, * 23.4 versions before 23.4R2-S3, * 24.2 versions before 24.2R1-S2, 24.2R2.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-446
EPSS score: 0.7% (52th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2025-21147)
Published: July 11, 2025
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2025-21147 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 26, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

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Certified products that may be affected

5 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Junos Space Network Management Platform, with or without Network Director and with or without Security Director in JA2500 - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 3816 - historical
Juniper Networks SRX345/SRX345-DUAL-AC with Junos 15.1X49-D110 - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 3247 - historical
Junos-FIPS 10.4 L2 OS Cryptographic Module - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 1813 - historical
Junos-FIPS 10.4 L1 OS Cryptographic Module - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 1772 - historical
JUNOS-FIPS - Juniper Networks, Inc. - FIPS 140 602 - historical

References

https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA100089(Vendor Advisory)
https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/junos-install-upgrade/topics/topic-map/vm-host-overview.html#id-routing-engines-with-vm-host-support(Technical Description)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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