Canonical Juju up to 3.6.18 Vault Secrets Back-End improper authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Canonical Juju up to 3.6.18. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Vault Secrets Back-End. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-32692. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Canonical Juju up to 3.6.18. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Vault Secrets Back-End. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by Harry Pidcock as GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-32692 since 03/13/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

Upgrading to version 3.6.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-12817). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authorization
CWE: CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Juju 3.6.19

Timelineinfo

03/13/2026 CVE reserved
03/18/2026 +5 days Advisory disclosed
03/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/24/2026 +6 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-89x7-5m5m-mcmm
Researcher: Harry Pidcock
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-32692 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-32692
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-351532
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2026 15:21
Updated: 03/24/2026 16:47
Changes: 03/18/2026 15:21 (66), 03/18/2026 17:02 (1), 03/22/2026 10:21 (11), 03/24/2026 16:47 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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