High
Junos OS Evolved: PTX Series: An attacker controlled gRPC response causes root-level compromise when zero-touch provisioning is used
An OS Command Injection vulnerability in the bootzd zero-touch provisioning daemon of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved on PTX Series allows an unauthenticated attacker on the management LAN to execute commands as root via a crafted gRPC response.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-101978
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-101978
Junos OS Evolved
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Juniper Networks",
"product": "Junos OS Evolved",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "24.4",
"lessThan": "24.4R2-S5-EVO",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "25.2",
"lessThan": "25.2R2-S2-EVO",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "25.4",
"lessThan": "25.4R1-S3-EVO",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "26.2",
"lessThan": "26.2R1-S2-EVO",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "23.4X100",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "25.2X100",
"lessThan": "25.2X100-D35-EVO",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "25.4X300",
"lessThan": "25.4X300-D40-EVO",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"platforms": [
"PTX Series"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-101978
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #32456 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date