What is CVE-2024-8038?

CVE-2024-8038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Juju, classified under Unprotected Alternate Channel. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2024-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-8038?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Juju

CVE-2024-8038

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.

Published 2024-10-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Juju — versions 3.5, 3.4, 3.3
Canonical Juju

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-420 — Unprotected Alternate Channel

References

github.com/juju/juju/security/advisories/GHSA-xwgj-vpm9-q2rq (issue-tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8038?: CVE-2024-8038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Juju, classified under Unprotected Alternate Channel. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2024-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-8038?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.