CVE-2025-6224 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Certificate generation in juju/utils using the cert.NewLeaf function could include private information. If this certificate were then transferred over the network in plaintext, an attacker listening on that network could sniff the certificate and trivially extract the private key from it.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0001.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Juju\/utils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:juju\/utils:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/juju/utils/security/advisories/GHSA-h34r-jxqm-qgpr

History

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Canonical Canonical juju\/utils
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:canonical:juju\/utils::::::go::*
Vendors & Products		Canonical Canonical juju\/utils

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Certificate generation in juju/utils using the cert.NewLeaf function could include private information. If this certificate were then transferred over the network in plaintext, an attacker listening on that network could sniff the certificate and trivially extract the private key from it.
Title		Key leakage in juju/utils certificates
Weaknesses		CWE-312
References		https://github.com/juju/utils/security/advisories/GHSA-h34r-jxqm-qgpr
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2025-07-01T10:39:34.322Z

Updated: 2025-07-01T14:30:51.639Z

Reserved: 2025-06-18T08:48:41.677Z

Link: CVE-2025-6224

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-01T14:30:42.574Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-01T11:15:21.770

Modified: 2025-09-10T16:08:34.040

Link: CVE-2025-6224

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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