CVE-2026-32691 (GCVE-0-2026-32691)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-18 12:28 – Updated: 2026-03-18 13:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Timing ownership claim attack on new external back-end secrets
Summary
A race condition in the secrets management subsystem of Juju versions 3.0.0 through 3.6.18 allows an authenticated unit agent to claim ownership of a newly initialized secret. Between generating a Juju Secret ID and creating the secret's first revision, an attacker authenticated as another unit agent can claim ownership of a known secret. This leads to the attacking unit being able to read the content of the initial secret revision.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-18 13:46 UTC
CWE
- CWE-708 - Incorrect ownership assignment
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/juju/juju/security/advisories/… | vendor-advisoryvdb-entry |
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