Juju: Read All Controller Logs From Compromised Workload
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Juju is an open source application orchestration engine that enables any application operation on any infrastructure at any scale through special operators called ‘charms’. From versions 2.9 to before 2.9.56 and 3.6 to before 3.6.19, it is possible that a compromised workload machine under a Juju controller can read any log file for any entity in any model at any level. This issue has been patched in versions 2.9.56 and 3.6.19.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| juju | juju | 2.9 to before 2.9.56; 3.6 to before 3.6.19 | 2.9.56, 3.6.19 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/juju/juju (Go) | before 0.0.0-20250623030540-c91a1f404695 | 0.0.0-20250623030540-c91a1f404695 | Patch available | GHSA-j6f6-jp3p-53mw |
- juju Vendorjuju Affected 2.9 to before 2.9.56; 3.6 to before 3.6.19 Fixed in 2.9.56, 3.6.19 Patch available CNA
- github.com/juju/juju (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20250623030540-c91a1f404695 Fixed in 0.0.0-20250623030540-c91a1f404695 Patch available GHSA-j6f6-jp3p-53mw
Remediation
- Fix · CNA juju (juju) Fixed in 2.9.56, 3.6.19
- Fix · GHSA-j6f6-jp3p-53mw github.com/juju/juju (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20250623030540-c91a1f404695 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68152
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6f6-jp3p-53mw
References
Patch 2
Advisory 2
Other 1
More Canonical Juju vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-03806 Improper TLS Client/Server authentication and certificate verification on Database Cluster CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-33458 Zip slip vulnerability in Juju CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-68152 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68152 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j6f6-jp3p-53mw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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