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CVE-2017-10616

Contrail: hard coded credentials

Description

The ifmap service that comes bundled with Juniper Networks Contrail releases uses hard coded credentials. Affected releases are Contrail releases 2.2 prior to 2.21.4; 3.0 prior to 3.0.3.4; 3.1 prior to 3.1.4.0; 3.2 prior to 3.2.5.0. CVE-2017-10616 and CVE-2017-10617 can be chained together and have a combined CVSSv3 score of 5.8 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By juniper

  2. · 4 months later

    Published

  3. · 7 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-10616, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
juniperCNA (assigner)3.1Medium5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks · Contrail

    • affected 2.2 – < 2.21.4
    • affected 3.0 – < 3.0.3.4
    • affected 3.1 – < 3.1.4.0
    • affected 3.2 – < 3.2.5.0

What to do

Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve these specific issues: Contrail 2.21.4, 3.0.3.4, 3.1.4.0, 3.2.5.0 and all subsequent releases.

Workaround: The hard coded credentials can be modified manually. It is good security practice to limit the exploitable attack surface of critical infrastructure networking equipment. Use access lists or firewall filters to limit access only from trusted, administrative networks or hosts.

Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

References

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Sources

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