CVE-2024-36401 · netVigilance record NV24-0078
OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection
past due
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2024-08-05 · passed 2 years 1 month ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
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.
Who is affected
OSGeo GeoServer. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-95.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 2 years 1 month ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2024-36401 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36401
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- github.com github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6jj6-gm7p-fcvv
- github.com github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/4797
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36401