# CVE-2026-32693: Unauthorized access to Kubernetes secrets in Juju

- Also known as: GO-2026-4777, GHSA-439W-V2P7-PGGC
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.6.19, 0.0.0-20260319091847-d06919eb03ec
- Published: 2026-03-18 · Updated: 2026-03-18

## Affected

- juju: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.6.19
- github.com/juju/juju (Go): from 0.0.0-20221021155847-35c560704ee2, fixed in 0.0.0-20260319091847-d06919eb03ec

## Description

In Juju from version 3.0.0 through 3.6.18, the authorization of the "secret-set" tool is not performed correctly, which allows a grantee to update the secret content, and can lead to reading or updating other secrets. When the "secret-set" tool logs an error in an exploitation attempt, the secret is still updated contrary to expectations, and the new value is visible to both the owner and the grantee.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on juju, github.com/juju/juju, upgrade to a fixed version (3.6.19, 0.0.0-20260319091847-d06919eb03ec) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/juju/juju/security/advisories/GHSA-439w-v2p7-pggc

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