High [CVE-2026-102059] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the phone-home daemon (phcd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on EX Series, SRX Series, and QFX Series allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a rogue DHCP server
This high-severity Juniper Networks advisory covers CVE-2026-102059 affecting Junos OS Evolved.
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Summary
An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the phone-home daemon (phcd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved on EX Series, SRX Series, and QFX Series allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a rogue DHCP server.
Affected products named by the advisory: EX.
- Junos OS before 23.2R2-S7.7
- Junos OS 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8.13
- Junos OS 24.2 before 24.2R2-S5.5
- Junos OS 24.4 before 24.4R2-S5
- Junos OS 25.2 before 25.2R2-S2
- Junos OS 25.4 before 25.4R1-S3
- Junos OS 26.2 before 26.2R1-S2
- Junos OS Evolved before 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO
- Junos OS Evolved 23.4 before 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO
- Junos OS Evolved 24.2 before 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO
- Junos OS Evolved 24.4 before 24.4R2-S5-EVO
- Junos OS Evolved 25.2 before 25.2R2-S2-EVO
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- 23.2R2-S7.7
- 23.4R2-S8.13
- 24.2R2-S5.5
- 24.4R2-S5
- 25.2R2-S2
- 25.4R1-S3
- 26.2R1-S2
- 23.2R2-S7.7-EVO
- 23.4R2-S8.11-EVO
- 24.2R2-S5.6-EVO
- 24.4R2-S5-EVO
- 25.2R2-S2-EVO
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 23.2R2-S7.7, 23.4R2-S8.13, 24.2R2-S5.5, 24.4R2-S5, 25.2R2-S2, 25.4R1-S3. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
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