CVE-2026-32691

Timing ownership claim attack on new external back-end secrets

Published Mar 18, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gfgr-6hrj-85ww Juju affected by timing ownership claim attack on new external back-end secrets
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:canonical:juju:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical juju
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical juju
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description 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.
Title Timing ownership claim attack on new external back-end secrets
Weaknesses CWE-708
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Mar 18, 2026, 1:49 PM
Reserved
Mar 13, 2026, 12:53 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 18, 2026, 1:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:36 AM