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CVE-2025-11198: Security Director Policy Enforcer: An unrestricted API allows a network-based unauthenticated attacker to deploy malicious vSRX images to VMWare NSX Server
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
- 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: 2025-10-09 · updated 2026-10-08
- Weakness: CWE-306
Description
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Juniper Networks Security Director Policy Enforcer allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to replace legitimate vSRX images with malicious ones. If a trusted user initiates deployment, Security Director Policy Enforcer will deliver the attacker's uploaded image to VMware NSX instead of a legitimate one. This issue affects Security Director Policy Enforcer: * All versions before 23.1R1 Hotpatch v3. This issue does not affect Junos Space Security Director Insights.
Affected products
- Juniper Networks Security Director Policy Enforcer: before 23.1; 23.1-r1, 23.1-r1_hotpatch_v1, 23.1-r1_hotpatch_v2 — fixed in 23.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Networks Security Director Policy Enforcer 23.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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