Session Smart Conductor: insecure file permissions expose routing credentials
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor versions from 0 before 7.0.5, from 7.1.0 before 7.1.7, and from 7.2.0 before 7.2.3 are affected. An incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource (CWE-732) in RoutingManager lets a local user read sensitive routing credentials by triggering processes that write to the /tmp directory. The source description does not give the attack prerequisites beyond local access.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in RoutingManager in Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor allows a local user to access sensitive routing credentials via triggering processes that write to the /tmp directory.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper | Session Smart Conductor | before 7.0.5; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.7; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.3 | 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Session Smart Conductor VendorJuniper Affected before 7.0.5; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.7; 7.2.0 to before 7.2.3 Fixed in 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Upgrade Session Smart Conductor to 7.0.5, 7.1.7, or 7.2.3, which are the fixed versions listed for each release line.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Session Smart Conductor (Juniper Networks) Fixed in 7.0.5, 7.1.7, 7.2.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor — supportportal.juniper.net/JSA112183
10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-82037 OS command injection in Juniper Session Smart Conductor allows root commandsPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-82044 OS command injection in Juniper Session Smart Router and ConductorPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-82034 OS command injection in Juniper Session Smart Router and ConductorPriority MEDIUM 42
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103404
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-34r8-2pc7-vr66
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Juniper vulnerabilities
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- TI-2020-01585 Out of Cycle Security Advisory: Junos OS: Security vulnerability in J-Web and web based (HTTP/HTTPS) services KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-06436 Juniper ScreenOS 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18, 6.3.0r12 before 6.3.0r12b, 6.3.0r13 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-20885 Apache Commons Text prior to 1.10.0 allows RCE when applied to untrusted input due to insecure interpolation defaults CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-15550 Junos OS: An local attacker with shell access can execute arbitrary code KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-103404 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103404 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-34r8-2pc7-vr66 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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