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CRITICAL SEVERITY
CVE-2024-36401 OSGeo · GeoServer

OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

CRITICAL
9.8 / 10
Minimal Risk Critical
Vector Specification
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

94.42 %
Predictive Probability
Percentile Rank
100.0 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 100.0% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Jul 15, 2024

Remediation Due

Aug 05, 2024

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools contains an improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code vulnerability due to unsafely evaluating property names as XPath expressions. This allows unauthenticated attackers to conduct remote code execution via specially crafted input.

Remediation Directive

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

External Intelligence

This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see:

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6jj6-gm7p-fcvv,
NVD

National Vulnerability Database

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36401