CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2021-31381 — Juniper Session And Resource Control security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.1

A configuration weakness in the JBoss Application Server (AppSvr) component of Juniper Networks SRC Series allows a remote attacker to send a specially crafted query to cause the web server to delete files which may allow the attacker to disrupt the integrity and availability of the system.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.1 (3.1)
Published
2021-10-19
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-16, CWE-200

Affected products

  • juniper / session_and_resource_control

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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