GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm is a high-severity (CVSS 7.6) CWE-285 vulnerability in github.com/juju/juju. A fix is available for github.com/juju/juju — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Juju has unauthorized update of out-of-scope Vault secrets
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/juju/jujuReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
An authorization bypass vulnerability in the Vault secrets back-end implementation of Juju versions 3.1.6 through 3.6.18 allows an authenticated unit agent to perform unauthorized updates to secret revisions. With sufficient information, an attacker can poison any existing secret revision within the scope of that Vault secret back-end.
Impact
An authenticated unit agent can update any secret revision of a Vault back-end that the unit's model uses. With sufficient information, an attacker can poison any existing secret revision within the scope of that Vault secret back-end.
Patches
3.6.19
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/juju/juju | ≥ 0.0.0-20230919230135-f6a66aa91eec&&< 0.0.0-20260319091847-d06919eb03ec | 0.0.0-20260319091847-d06919eb03ecgo get github.com/juju/juju@v0.0.0-20260319091847-d06919eb03ec |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/juju/juju, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/juju/juju to 0.0.0-20260319091847-d06919eb03ec or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm across Go dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.