CVE-2019-0054
Junos OS: SRX Series: An attacker may be able to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks during app-id signature updates.
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.59%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 51% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An Improper Certificate Validation weakness in the SRX Series Application Identification (app-id) signature update client of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to perform Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks which may compromise the integrity and confidentiality of the device. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D120 on SRX Series devices. No other versions of Junos OS are affected.
Timeline
ID reserved
By juniper
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniperCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 51% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
- affected 15.1X49 – < 15.1X49-D120
What to do
Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve this specific issue: 15.1X49-D120, and all subsequent releases.
Workaround: Set the following command in the device for affected releases: set services application-identification download secure-download
Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.
References
References2
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10952 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/topic-map/security-application-identification-overview.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0861 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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