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CVE-2021-0212: Contrail Networking: Administrator credentials are exposed in a plaintext file

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An Information Exposure vulnerability in Juniper Networks Contrail Networking allows a locally authenticated attacker able to read files to retrieve administrator credentials stored in plaintext thereby elevating their privileges over the system. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Contrail Networking versions prior to 1911.31.

Affected products

• Juniper Networks Contrail Networking: before 1911.31 — fixed in 1911.31

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Networks Contrail Networking 1911.31. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11102
• https://kb.juniper.net/JSA11102

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