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CVE-2024-36401: OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2024-36401
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

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vendor: OSGeoproduct: GeoServerRemote code execution
What
OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools has a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to conduct remote code execution via specially crafted input.
Who is affected
Unauthenticated users can exploit this vulnerability against GeoServer deployments.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the severity of the vulnerability.
Action
Update GeoServer to the latest version as per OSGeo's recommendations.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-07-15
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

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

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-36401coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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