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.
Required configuration for exposure:Potentially affected devices are those which use the following configuration statement: <codeph>test-agent</codeph>Located at the hierarchy level: <codeph>[edit services pas]</codeph>Therefore verify that the following minimal configuration statement in the Junos device exists: [services pas]And verify that the agent is running on the device.
The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue:
Junos OS Evolved: 23.2R2-EVO, 23.3R1-EVO, and all subsequent releases.
Note: Before you upgrade the system software from Junos OS Evolved Release 23.2R1 to a later release, you must uninstall the test agent using the request services paa uninstall command. See the product documentation for upgrade procedures and coordinate with JTAC for support.
request services paa uninstall
This issue is being tracked as 1728816 which is visible on the Customer Support website.
Note: Juniper SIRT's policy is not to evaluate releases which are beyond End of Engineering (EOE) or End of Life (EOL).
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Devices using the following deprecated operational mode command are unaffected:
<codeph>request services paa install</codeph>
See the Junos OS Evolved Software Installation and Upgrade Guide for the Paragon Active Assurance (PAA) Test Agent installation instructions for further information.