CVE-2024-36401
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-36401 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-07-15) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-36401 is indexed in Metasploit, GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-36401 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- MetasploitA Metasploit Framework module targets this CVE — weaponized, point-and-click exploitation.look it up ↗
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-36401: OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-07-15
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