July 15, 2024 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2024-36401 — OSGeo GeoServer
OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2024-07-15- Federal due date
2024-08-05- Vendor
- OSGeo
- Product
- GeoServer
- EPSS
- 100.0th percentile (score 0.944, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36401
CISA short description
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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.