Findings

CVE-2026-33784

A Use of Default Password vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Support Insights (JSI) Virtual Lightweight Collector (vLWC) allows an unauthenticated, network-based at…

Published Apr 9, 2026 · updated Jul 8, 2026 · juniper virtual lightweight collector

A Use of Default Password vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Support Insights (JSI) Virtual Lightweight Collector (vLWC) allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to take full control of the device. vLWC software images ship with an initial password for a high privileged account. A change of this password is not enforced during the provisioning of the software, which can make full access to the system by unauthorized actors possible.This issue affects all versions of vLWC before 3.0.94.

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  1. Apr 9, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A Use of Default Password vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Support Insights (JSI) Virtual Lightweight Collector (vLWC) allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to take full control of the device. vLWC software images ship with an initial password for a high privileged account. A change of this password is not enforced during the provisioning of the software, which can make full acces

  2. Jul 8, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A Use of Default Password vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Support Insights (JSI) Virtual Lightweight Collector (vLWC) allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to take full control of the device. vLWC software images ship with an initial password for a high privileged account. A change of this password is not enforced during the provisioning of the software, which can make full acces

Affected

  • cpe juniper/virtual lightweight collectorversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33784

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33784

    A Use of Default Password vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Support Insights (JSI) Virtual Lightweight Collector (vLWC) allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to take full control of the device. vLWC software images ship with an initial password for a high pri

    nvd.nist.gov

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