Security News > 2020 > October > Juniper Networks Patches Tens of Vulnerabilities
Juniper Networks informed customers this week that it has patched tens of vulnerabilities, including serious issues that can be exploited to take control of affected systems.
Juniper Networks has published 40 security advisories describing vulnerabilities in its Junos OS operating system, which powers the company's firewalls, and various third-party components.
Several vulnerabilities that have collectively been assigned a critical severity rating have been found in the Juniper Networks Mist Cloud UI. The bugs, related to Security Assertion Markup Language authentication, allow a remote attacker to bypass SAML authentication.
The company has released over a dozen advisories for high-severity vulnerabilities.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has advised organizations to review the Juniper advisories and apply the updates.