Canonical Juju Utils up to 4.0.3 cert.NewLeaf cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Canonical Juju Utils up to 4.0.3. Affected is the function cert.NewLeaf. Performing a manipulation results in cleartext storage. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-6224. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Canonical Juju Utils up to 4.0.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function cert.NewLeaf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Certificate generation in juju/utils using the cert.NewLeaf function could include private information. If this certificate were then transferred over the network in plaintext, an attacker listening on that network could sniff the certificate and trivially extract the private key from it.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-6224 since 06/18/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1555 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 264348 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-6224), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (264348) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-19609). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 264348
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-6224

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/18/2025 CVE reserved
07/01/2025 +13 days Advisory disclosed
07/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/12/2025 +73 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-h34r-jxqm-qgpr
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-6224 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-6224
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314511
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2025 14:47
Updated: 09/12/2025 22:16
Changes: 07/01/2025 14:47 (63), 07/01/2025 16:09 (1), 07/03/2025 18:36 (1), 09/10/2025 18:47 (11), 09/12/2025 22:16 (2)
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