CVE-2021-28398
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A privileged attacker in GeoNetwork before 3.12.0 and 4.x before 4.0.4 can use the directory harvester before-script to execute arbitrary OS commands remotely on the hosting infrastructure. A User Administrator or Administrator account is required to perform this. This occurs in the runBeforeScript method in harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/localfilesystem/LocalFilesystemHarvester.java. The earliest affected version is 3.4.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.2
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affected products (4)
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references (12)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-28398/cnnvd
- https://geonetwork-opensource.org/cnnvd
- https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/trunk/en/overview/change-log/version-3.6.0.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-cf8p-c88c-h9jfcnnvd
- https://geonetwork-opensource.org/enisa_euvd
- https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/trunk/en/overview/change-log/version-3.6.0.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetworkenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-cf8p-c88c-h9jfenisa_euvd
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