CVE-2023-0092
Juju controller - Arbitrary file reading vulnerability
An authenticated user who has read access to the juju controller model, may construct a remote request to download an arbitrary file from the controller's filesystem.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An authenticated user who has read access to the juju controller model, may construct a remote request to download an arbitrary file from the controller's filesystem.
- Record
CVE-2023-0092- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1139
An authenticated user who has read access to the juju controller model, may construct a remote request to download an arbitrary file from the controller's filesystem.
- Record
EUVD-2023-1139- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x5rv-w9pm-8qp8
Juju controller - Arbitrary file reading vulnerability
Impact
An authenticated user who has read access to the juju controller model, may construct a remote request to download an arbitrary file from the controller's filesystem.
Patches
Patched in juju 2.9.38 and juju 3.0.3 juju/juju#ef803e2
Workarounds
Limit read access to the controller model to only trusted users.
- Record
GHSA-x5rv-w9pm-8qp8- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An authenticated user who has read access to the juju controller model, may construct a remote request to download an arbitrary file from the controller's filesystem.
- Record
CVE-2023-0092- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An authenticated user who has read access to the juju controller model, may construct a remote request to download an arbitrary file from the controller's filesystem.
- Record
CVE-2023-0092- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-x5rv-w9pm-8qp8
Juju controller - Arbitrary file reading vulnerability
Impact
An authenticated user who has read access to the juju controller model, may construct a remote request to download an arbitrary file from the controller's filesystem.
Patches
Patched in juju 2.9.38 and juju 3.0.3 juju/juju#ef803e2
Workarounds
Limit read access to the controller model to only trusted users.
- Record
GHSA-x5rv-w9pm-8qp8- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/juju/jujuGo |
2.9.22 up to 2.9.38 | 2.9.38 |
github.com/juju/jujuGo |
3.0.0 up to 3.0.3 | 3.0.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-0092 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Canonical Juju, published March 1, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in github.com/juju/juju 2.9.38.
References
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5rv-w9pm-8qp8
bugs.launchpad.net/juju/+bug/1999622
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0092