CVE-2021-0256
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2021
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Junos OS: mosquitto Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in SUID binaries
A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the mosquitto message broker of Juniper Networks Junos OS may allow a locally authenticated user with shell access the ability to read portions of sensitive files, such as the master.passwd file. Since mosquitto is shipped with setuid permissions enabled and is owned by the root user, this vulnerability may allow a local privileged user the ability to run mosquitto with root privileges and access sensitive information stored on the local filesystem. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS: 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S12, 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R3-S4; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R3-S12; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R3-S4; 19.1 versions prior to 19.1R3-S4; 19.3 versions prior to 19.3R3-S1, 19.3R3-S2; 19.4 versions prior to 19.4R2-S3; 20.1 versions prior to 20.1R2; 20.2 versions prior to 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2, 20.2R3.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Junos OS
- Vendor
- Juniper Networks
- Product
- Junos OS
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.3 | affected | custom | 17.3R3-S12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 17.4 | affected | custom | 17.4R3-S4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 18.1 | affected | custom | 18.1R3-S12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 18.3 | affected | custom | 18.3R3-S4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 19.1 | affected | custom | 19.1R3-S4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 19.3 | affected | custom | 19.3R3-S1, 19.3R3-S2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 19.4 | affected | custom | 19.4R2-S3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 20.1 | affected | custom | 20.1R2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 20.2 | affected | custom | 20.2R1-S3, 20.2R2, 20.2R3 | Unavailable | None listed |