7.9

CVE-2024-8038: canonical ltd. juju Unprotected Alternate Channel

CVSS: 7.9v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-xwgj-vpm9-q2rqGO-2024-3175
Published 02-10-2024Last modified 02-10-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8038 is a high (CVSS 7.9) Unprotected Alternate Channel vulnerability in canonical ltd. juju. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.9/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 02-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerable juju introspection abstract UNIX domain socket. An abstract UNIX domain socket responsible for introspection is available without authentication locally to network namespace users. This enables denial of service attacks.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
  • juju< 2.9.51 | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.10 | ≥ 3.2.0, ≤ 3.2.4 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.3.7 | ≥ 3.4, < 3.4.6 | ≥ 3.5.0, < 3.5.4
Canonical ltd.1 product
  • juju≥ 3.5, < 3.5.4 | ≥ 3.4, < 3.4.6 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.3.7 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.1.10 | ≥ 2.9, < 2.9.51
Github.com/juju1 product
  • juju< 0.0.0-20240829052008-43f0fc59790d | All versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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