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CVE-2026-102037

An XML Injection vulnerability in the Unified Threat Management daemon (utmd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series devices allows an unauthenticated network attacker to commit arbitrary device configuration with root privileges via a malicious response from a configured custom URL-feed server.

Scores

9.2
CVSS 9.2 out of 10, critical severity.
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The facts

Published
14 October 2026
Last changed
16 October 2026
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis
Severity
Critical, CVSS 9.2 out of 10 (version 4.0)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R…
Weakness
Known exploited
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in this build.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 40).

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