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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-9232

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-9232

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 May 2017, 00:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2017-9232
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9232",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2017-9232",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9232",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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        "GHSA-j3hp-pv6v-rgrx",
        "GO-2025-3639"
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.480548132Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436557,
  "published_at": "2017-05-28T00:29:00.453+00:00"
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