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GHSA-8v4w-f4r9-7h6x

MEDIUM

GHSA-8v4w-f4r9-7h6x is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in github.com/juju/juju. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-8v4w-f4r9-7h6x is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Vulnerable juju hook tool abstract UNIX domain socket

Also known asCVE-2024-8037GO-2024-3174
Published
Oct 3, 2024
Updated
Oct 9, 2024
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
🐹github.com/juju/juju

Real-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

Impact

When combined with an attack of JUJU_CONTEXT_ID, any user on the local system with access to the default network namespace may connect to the @/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-xxxx-yyyy/agent.socket and perform actions that are normally reserved to a juju charm.

Patches

Patch: https://github.com/juju/juju/commit/2f2ec128ef5a8ca81fc86ae79cfcdbab0007c206 Patched in:

  • 3.5.4
  • 3.4.6
  • 3.3.7
  • 3.1.10
  • 2.9.51

Workarounds

No workarounds available.

References

GHSA-mh98-763h-m9v4 https://github.com/juju/juju/blob/725800953aaa29dbeda4f806097bf838e61644dd/worker/uniter/paths.go#L222

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gogithub.com/juju/jujuall versions0.0.0-20240820065804-2f2ec128ef5a

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/juju/juju. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update github.com/juju/juju to 0.0.0-20240820065804-2f2ec128ef5a or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-8v4w-f4r9-7h6x is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-8v4w-f4r9-7h6x is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-8v4w-f4r9-7h6x. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact When combined with an attack of `JUJU_CONTEXT_ID`, any user on the local system with access to the default network namespace may connect to the `@/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-xxxx-yyyy/agent.socket` and perform actions that are normally reserved to a juju charm. ### Patches Patch: https://github.com/juju/juju/commit/2f2ec128ef5a8ca81fc86ae79cfcdbab0007c206 Patched in: - 3.5.4 - 3.4.6 - 3.3.7 - 3.1.10 - 2.9.51 ### Workarounds No workarounds available. ### References [GHSA-mh98-763h-m9v4](https://github.com/juju/juju/security/advisories/GHSA-mh98-763h-m9v4) https://github.com/juju/juj
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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