---
id: "CVE-2026-103406"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-103406"]
title: "Juniper Session Smart Conductor: crafted salt minion ID runs root commands"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["infrastructure", "juniper", "network-infrastructure", "session-smart-conductor"]
not_affected_if: ["no-session-smart-conductor"]
published_at: "2026-10-28T17:17:25+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-28T17:34:08+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-28T17:34:14+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103406", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-28T17:34:08+00:00"}]
---

# Juniper Session Smart Conductor: crafted salt minion ID runs root commands

The AutomatedProvisioner component of Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor fails to neutralize special characters in a salt minion ID, so OS commands are passed to the shell. A remote attacker who sends a specially crafted minion ID can execute arbitrary commands as root.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- unknown

## Fix

- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-28T17:34:08+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103406

## From the sources

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command vulnerability in the AutomatedProvisioner in Juniper Networks Session Smart Conductor allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root via a specially crafted salt minion ID.

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