8.5

CVE-2025-11198: juniper networks security director policy enforcer

CVSS: 8.5v4.0HighAnalyzed
Published 09-10-2025Last modified 09-10-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-11198 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in juniper networks security director policy enforcer. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Juniper Networks Security Director Policy Enforcer allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to replace legitimate vSRX images with malicious ones. If a trusted user initiates deployment, Security Director Policy Enforcer will deliver the attacker's uploaded image to VMware NSX instead of a legitimate one. This issue affects Security Director Policy Enforcer: * All versions before 23.1R1 Hotpatch v3. This issue does not affect Junos Space Security Director Insights.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Juniper1 product
Juniper networks1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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