Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-103406 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-103406 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-103406?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 28 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-103406?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-103406 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-103406?
- Check whether you run Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An improper neutralization of special elements in OS command construction (CWE-78) in the AutomatedProvisioner component fails to sanitize the salt minion ID parameter before passing it to an OS command. A remote attacker can exploit this via network without authentication to achieve remote code execution as root by injecting shell metacharacters in the minion ID field.
Affected products
- Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-10-28: disclosed