An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance Control Center may allow an attacker with specific information about the deployment to mimic an already registered Test Agent and access its configuration including associated inventory details. If the issue occurs, the affected Test Agent will not be able to connect to the Control Center.

This issue affects Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance Control Center:

• All versions prior to 2.35.6;
• 2.36 versions prior to 2.36.2.

This issue was found during internal product security testing or research.

This issue has been assigned CVE-2021-0232 .

The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 2.35.6, 2.36.2, 3.0.0 and all subsequent releases.

This issue is being tracked as NF-5939.

Software releases or updates are available for download at https://support.juniper.net/support/downloads/

All “register-only” users in the system can be removed until software upgrade.

2021-04-14: Initial Publication.

• KB16613: Overview of the Juniper Networks SIRT Quarterly Security Bulletin Publication Process [juniper.net]
• KB16765: In which releases are vulnerabilities fixed? [juniper.net]
• KB16446: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and Juniper's Security Advisories [juniper.net]
• Report a Security Vulnerability - How to Contact the Juniper Networks Security Incident Response Team
• CVE-2021-0232 at cve.mitre.org