CVE-2024-36401

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Prior to versions 2.22.6, 2.23.6, 2.24.4, and 2.25.2, multiple OGC request parameters allow Remote Code Execution (RCE) by unauthenticated users through specially crafted input against a default GeoServer installation due to unsafely evaluating property names as XPath expressions. The GeoTools library API that GeoServer calls evaluates property/attribute names for feature types in a way that unsafely passes them to the commons-jxpath library which can execute arbitrary code when evaluating XPath expressions. This XPath evaluation is intended to be used only by complex feature types (i.e., Application Schema data stores) but is incorrectly being applied to simple feature types as well which makes this vulnerability apply to **ALL** GeoServer instances. No public PoC is provided but this vulnerability has been confirmed to be exploitable through WFS GetFeature, WFS GetPropertyValue, WMS GetMap, WMS GetFeatureInfo, WMS GetLegendGraphic and WPS Execute requests. This vulnerability can lead to executing arbitrary code. Versions 2.22.6, 2.23.6, 2.24.4, and 2.25.2 contain a patch for the issue. A workaround exists by removing the `gt-complex-x.y.jar` file from the GeoServer where `x.y` is the GeoTools version (e.g., `gt-complex-31.1.jar` if running GeoServer 2.25.1). This will remove the vulnerable code from GeoServer but may break some GeoServer functionality or prevent GeoServer from deploying if the gt-complex module is needed.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

19 Mar 2025, 15:15

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Summary GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Prior to versions 2.23.6, 2.24.4, and 2.25.2, multiple OGC request parameters allow Remote Code Execution (RCE) by unauthenticated users through specially crafted input against a default GeoServer installation due to unsafely evaluating property names as XPath expressions. The GeoTools library API that GeoServer calls evaluates property/attribute names for feature types in a way that unsafely passes them to the commons-jxpath library which can execute arbitrary code when evaluating XPath expressions. This XPath evaluation is intended to be used only by complex feature types (i.e., Application Schema data stores) but is incorrectly being applied to simple feature types as well which makes this vulnerability apply to **ALL** GeoServer instances. No public PoC is provided but this vulnerability has been confirmed to be exploitable through WFS GetFeature, WFS GetPropertyValue, WMS GetMap, WMS GetFeatureInfo, WMS GetLegendGraphic and WPS Execute requests. This vulnerability can lead to executing arbitrary code. Versions 2.23.6, 2.24.4, and 2.25.2 contain a patch for the issue. A workaround exists by removing the `gt-complex-x.y.jar` file from the GeoServer where `x.y` is the GeoTools version (e.g., `gt-complex-31.1.jar` if running GeoServer 2.25.1). This will remove the vulnerable code from GeoServer but may break some GeoServer functionality or prevent GeoServer from deploying if the gt-complex module is needed. GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Prior to versions 2.22.6, 2.23.6, 2.24.4, and 2.25.2, multiple OGC request parameters allow Remote Code Execution (RCE) by unauthenticated users through specially crafted input against a default GeoServer installation due to unsafely evaluating property names as XPath expressions. The GeoTools library API that GeoServer calls evaluates property/attribute names for feature types in a way that unsafely passes them to the commons-jxpath library which can execute arbitrary code when evaluating XPath expressions. This XPath evaluation is intended to be used only by complex feature types (i.e., Application Schema data stores) but is incorrectly being applied to simple feature types as well which makes this vulnerability apply to **ALL** GeoServer instances. No public PoC is provided but this vulnerability has been confirmed to be exploitable through WFS GetFeature, WFS GetPropertyValue, WMS GetMap, WMS GetFeatureInfo, WMS GetLegendGraphic and WPS Execute requests. This vulnerability can lead to executing arbitrary code. Versions 2.22.6, 2.23.6, 2.24.4, and 2.25.2 contain a patch for the issue. A workaround exists by removing the `gt-complex-x.y.jar` file from the GeoServer where `x.y` is the GeoTools version (e.g., `gt-complex-31.1.jar` if running GeoServer 2.25.1). This will remove the vulnerable code from GeoServer but may break some GeoServer functionality or prevent GeoServer from deploying if the gt-complex module is needed.

29 Nov 2024, 15:32

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References
  • () https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/geoserver-rce-cve-2024-36401 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

03 Jul 2024, 15:07

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References () https://github.com/Warxim/CVE-2022-41852?tab=readme-ov-file#workaround-for-cve-2022-41852 - () https://github.com/Warxim/CVE-2022-41852?tab=readme-ov-file#workaround-for-cve-2022-41852 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-w3pj-wh35-fq8w - () https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-w3pj-wh35-fq8w - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/4797 - () https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/4797 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7587 - () https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7587 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6jj6-gm7p-fcvv - () https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6jj6-gm7p-fcvv - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-94
First Time Geotools geotools
Geotools
Geoserver
Geoserver geoserver
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8

01 Jul 2024, 16:37

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-07-01 16:15

Updated : 2025-04-03 19:57


NVD link : CVE-2024-36401

Mitre link : CVE-2024-36401


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Products Affected

geotools

  • geotools

geoserver

  • geoserver
CWE
CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')