CVE-2024-36401

criticalpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.998 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 24 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

99.8% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

35 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · ncsc_nl

added 2024-07-15remediate by 2024-08-05

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerability

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USprimaryCWE-94USCWE-94USCWE-95USCWE-95USCWE-95USCWE-95US

exploits (24)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/geoserver_unauth_rce_cve_2024_36401Geoserver unauthenticated Remote Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
0x0d3ad/CVE-2024-36401CVE-2024-36401 (GeoServer Remote Code Execution)PoC · poc_in_github
Chocapikk/CVE-2024-36401GeoServer Remote Code ExecutionPoC · poc_in_github
DanieleGiovanardi2408/cve-2024-36401-geoserver-rceDanieleGiovanardi2408/cve-2024-36401-geoserver-rcePoC · poc_in_github
Delt-A/CVE-2024-36401-pocDelt-A/CVE-2024-36401-pocPoC · poc_in_github
Mr-xn/CVE-2024-36401Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability In Evaluating Property Name Expressions with multies ways to exploitPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (35)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

geoserver geoserver≤ < 2.22.6enisa_euvdEU
geoserver geoserver2.23.0, → 2.23.6enisa_euvdEU
geoserver geoserver2.24.0, → 2.24.4enisa_euvdEU
geoserver geoserver2.25.0, → 2.25.2enisa_euvdEU
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) GeoServer≤ 2.23.6fstec_bduRU
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) GeoServer2.24.0 → 2.24.4fstec_bduRU
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) GeoServer2.25.0 → 2.25.2fstec_bduRU
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) GeoTools≤ 29.6fstec_bduRU
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) GeoTools30.0 → 30.4fstec_bduRU
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) GeoTools31.0 → 31.2fstec_bduRU
АО «ИнфоТеКС» ViPNet StateWatcher 4≤ 4.9.2.1225fstec_bduRU
geoserverall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:__2.23.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geoserverall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:___2.24.0____2.24.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geoserverall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:___2.25.0____2.25.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geoserver geoserver< 2.22.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geoserver geoserver2.23.0 → 2.23.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geoserver geoserver2.24.0 → 2.24.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geoserver geoserver2.25.0 → 2.25.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geotools geotools< 29.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
geotools geotools= 30.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0274Kwetsbaarheid verholpen in GeoServerNL2024-07-02csaf · ncsc_nlNL
De ontwikkelaars van GeoServer hebben een kwetsbaarheid verholpen. Voor deze kwetsbaarheid is Proof-of-Concept-code (PoC) op internet verschenen.
GHSA-6jj6-gm7p-fcvvRemote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in geoserver2024-07-01ghsa · osvUS
### Summary 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. ### Details 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. ### PoC 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. ### Impact This vulnerability can lead to executing arbitrary code. ### Workaround 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 by an extension you are using: Mitigation for `geoserver.war` deploy: 1. Stop the application server 2. Unzip `geoserver.war` into a directory 3. Locate the file `WEB-INF/lib/gt-complex-x.y.jar` and remove 4. Zip the directory into a new `geoserver.war` 5. Restart the application server Mitigation for GeoServer binary: 1. Stop Jetty 2. Locate the file `webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gt-complex-x.y.jar` and remove 3. Restart Jetty The following extensions and community modules are known to have a direct dependency on `gt-complex` jar and are not expected function properly without it. This is not comprehensive list and additional GeoServer functionality may be dependent on the availability of `gt-complex` jar: * Extensions: Application Schema, Catalog Services for the Web, MongoDB Data Store * Community Modules: Features-Templating, OGC API Modules, Smart Data Loader, SOLR Data Store Mitigation available for prior releases patching three jars in your existing install: 1. Patched `gt-app-schema`, `gt-complex` and `gt-xsd-core` jars may be downloaded for GeoServer: [2.25.1](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.25.1/geoserver-2.25.1-patches.zip/download), [2.24.3](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.24.3/geoserver-2.24.3-patches.zip/download), [2.24.2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.24.2/geoserver-2.24.2-patches.zip/download), [2.23.2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.23.2/geoserver-2.23.2-patches.zip/download), [2.22.2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.22.2/geoserver-2.22.2-patches.zip/download), [2.21.5](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.21.5/geoserver-2.21.5-patches.zip/download), [2.21.4](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.21.4/geoserver-2.21.4-patches.zip/download),[2.20.7](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.20.7/geoserver-2.20.7-patches.zip/download), [2.20.4](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.20.4/geoserver-2.20.4-patches.zip/download), [2.19.2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.19.2/geoserver-2.19.2-patches.zip/download), [2.18.0](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.18.0/geoserver-2.18.0-patches.zip/download). As example the 2.25.1 page links to [geoserver-2.25.1-patches.zip](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.25.1/geoserver-2.25.1-patches.zip/download) download on source forge. 2. Unzip the `geoserver-x.y.z-patches.zip` which contains three jars that have been patched to configure `commons-jxpath` with an empty function list prior to use. These files are drop-in replacements with identical file names to those they are replacing. 3. Follow the instructions above to locate `WEB-INF/lib` folder and replace the existing `gt-app-schema`, `gt-complex` and `gt-xsd-core` jars with those supplied by the patch. ### References https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-w3pj-wh35-fq8w https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7587 https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/4797 https://github.com/Warxim/CVE-2022-41852?tab=readme-ov-file#workaround-for-cve-2022-41852

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu ncsc_nl nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-07-01modified 2026-07-07

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