Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-5412

Title: Authorization Bypass to Extract Cloud Credentials in Juju

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-5412.

CWE Category CWE-285
Published Date Apr 10, 2026
Modified Date Apr 30, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.9 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.44%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-5412: In Juju versions prior to 2.9.57 and 3.6.21, an authorization issue exists in the Controller facade. An authenticated user can call the CloudSpec API method to extract the cloud credentials used to bootstrap the controller. This allows a low-privileged user to access sensitive credentials. This issue is resolved in Juju versions 2.9.57 and 3.6.21.

Impacted Vendors

C
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Reference Links

https://github.com/juju/juju/pull/22205 https://github.com/juju/juju/pull/22206 https://github.com/juju/juju/security/advisories/GHSA-w5fq-8965-c969
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-5412 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.