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TI-2025-33458 Aliases CVE-2025-53513GHSA-24ch-w38v-xmh8

Zip slip vulnerability in Juju

Priority HIGH 73CWE-24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

The /charms endpoint on a Juju controller lacked sufficient authorization checks, allowing any user with an account on the controller to upload a charm. Uploading a malicious charm that exploits a Zip Slip vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to a machine running a unit through the affected charm.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00777 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Juju (Canonical): 2.9.52, 3.6.8github.com/juju/juju (Go): 0.0.0-20250619215741-6356e984b82a

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CanonicalJuju2.0.0 to before 2.9.52; 3.0.0 to before 3.6.82.9.52, 3.6.8Patch availableCNA
—github.com/juju/juju (Go)before 0.0.0-20250619215741-6356e984b82a0.0.0-20250619215741-6356e984b82aPatch availableGHSA-24ch-w38v-xmh8
  • Juju VendorCanonical Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.9.52; 3.0.0 to before 3.6.8 Fixed in 2.9.52, 3.6.8 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/juju/juju (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20250619215741-6356e984b82a Fixed in 0.0.0-20250619215741-6356e984b82a Patch available GHSA-24ch-w38v-xmh8

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:juju:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.9.52; 3.0 to before 3.6.8VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:juju:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.9.52; 3.0 to before 3.6.8 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Juju (Canonical) Fixed in 2.9.52, 3.6.8
  • Fix · GHSA-24ch-w38v-xmh8 github.com/juju/juju (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20250619215741-6356e984b82a Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Canonical Juju 2.9.52, 3.6.8

    3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-00786 Arbitrary executable upload via authenticated endpointPriority HIGH 73
    • TI-2025-33457 Sensitive log retrieval in JujuPriority MEDIUM 62
    Show all 3 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-53513
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-24ch-w38v-xmh8

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 8

  • TI-2026-03806 Improper TLS Client/Server authentication and certificate verification on Database Cluster CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-00786 Arbitrary executable upload via authenticated endpoint CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-06681 Juju before 1.25.12, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 uses a UNIX domain socket… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-25186 Insecure Direct Object Reference attack via predictable secret ID in Juju CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
  • TI-2025-41733 Juju: Resource poisoning CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2025-33457 Sensitive log retrieval in Juju CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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