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Vulnerability details: VCID-qg9t-d2pk-yub6
Vulnerability ID VCID-qg9t-d2pk-yub6
Aliases CVE-2019-0053
Summary Insufficient validation of environment variables in the telnet client supplied in Junos OS can lead to stack-based buffer overflows, which can be exploited to bypass veriexec restrictions on Junos OS. A stack-based overflow is present in the handling of environment variables when connecting via the telnet client to remote telnet servers. This issue only affects the telnet client — accessible from the CLI or shell — in Junos OS. Inbound telnet services are not affected by this issue. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S13; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D130, 14.1X53-D49; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F6-S12, 15.1R7-S4; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D170; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D237, 15.1X53-D496, 15.1X53-D591, 15.1X53-D69; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S11, 16.1R7-S4; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S9; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S8, 17.2R2-S7, 17.2R3-S1; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S4; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S6, 17.4R2-S3, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S2, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D40; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S3, 18.3R2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
epss 0.00117 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1003
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-0053
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0053
945861 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=945861
ASA-202106-20 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202106-20
AVG-1003 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1003
USN-7781-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7781-1/
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.30507
EPSS Score 0.00117
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T16:33:25.577834+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.0.0