Juniper ScreenOS Improper Authentication Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2025-10-02
Federal due date
2025-10-23
Vendor
Juniper
Product
ScreenOS
EPSS
99.4th percentile (score 0.858, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7755

CISA short description

Juniper ScreenOS contains an improper authentication vulnerability that could allow unauthorized remote administrative access to the device.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.