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SCA: security update for github.com/juju/juju (GHSA-j3hp-pv6v-rgrx)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432527

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Juju before 1.25.12, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 uses a UNIX domain socket without setting
 appropriate permissions, allowing privilege escalation by users on the system to root. (CVE-2017-9232)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3hp-pv6v-rgrx

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432527

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Juju-run Agent Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9232

BID: 98737

cwe: CWE-862