"Critical Junos OS Updates Address High-Severity Vulnerabilities"

Juniper Networks has released urgent out-of-band updates to address high-severity flaws in SRX Series and EX Series, including missing authentication and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, impacting all versions of Junos OS. The vulnerabilities, discovered by cybersecurity firm watchTowr Labs, could allow threat actors to take control of susceptible systems. Users are advised to apply the updates or implement temporary mitigations, as two previously disclosed vulnerabilities have been actively exploited.