Juju: Resource poisoning
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · 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, any authenticated user, machine or controller under a Juju controller can modify the resources of an application within the entire controller. 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
- Poc
- 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 0.0.0-20260120044552-26ff93c903d5 | 0.0.0-20260120044552-26ff93c903d5 | Patch available | GHSA-245v-p8fj-vwm2 |
- 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 0.0.0-20260120044552-26ff93c903d5 Fixed in 0.0.0-20260120044552-26ff93c903d5 Patch available GHSA-245v-p8fj-vwm2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA juju (juju) Fixed in 2.9.56, 3.6.19
- Fix · GHSA-245v-p8fj-vwm2 github.com/juju/juju (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20260120044552-26ff93c903d5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68153
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-245v-p8fj-vwm2
References
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-2025-33457 Sensitive log retrieval in Juju CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-68153 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68153 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-245v-p8fj-vwm2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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