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Critical RCE security bug affecting thousands of Juniper Networks devices - so patch now

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Thousands of Juniper devices were found vulnerable to a critical flaw which allows threat actors to execute malicious code remotely and without the need for authentication.

The Register reported a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21591. Described as an out-of-bounds write flaw, the vulnerability carries a severity score of 9.8/10, and allows hackers to obtain root privileges, cause denial of service, or run code remotely. 

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