26 Mar, 2025

Juniper patches bug that let Chinese cyberspies backdoor routers

​Juniper Networks has released emergency security updates to patch a Junos OS vulnerability exploited by Chinese hackers to backdoor routers for stealthy access. This medium severity flaw (CVE-2025-21590) was reported by Amazon security engineer Matteo Memelli and is caused by an improper isolation or compartmentalization weakness. Successful exploitation lets local attackers with high privileges execute arbitrary code on […]

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Juniper patches critical auth bypass in Session Smart routers

​Juniper Networks has patched a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication and take over Session Smart Router (SSR) devices. The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-21589) was found during internal product security testing, and it also affects Session Smart Conductor and WAN Assurance Managed Routers. “An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel […]

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