CVE-2026-53573
nonepriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. From 3.12.0 until 4.2.16 and 4.4.11, unsafe redirect validation in GeonetworkOAuth2LoginAuthenticationFilter and KeycloakAuthenticationProcessingFilter permits an attacker-controlled external redirect after login. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.16 and 4.4.11.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · none–medium · 0–4.8
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affected products (9)
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- Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork3.12.0 → 3.12.12osvUSpkg:maven/org.geonetwork-opensource/geonetwork
- Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork4.0.0-alpha.1 → 4.0.6osvUSpkg:maven/org.geonetwork-opensource/geonetwork
- Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork4.2.0 → 4.2.16osvUSpkg:maven/org.geonetwork-opensource/geonetwork
- Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork4.4.0 → 4.4.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.geonetwork-opensource/geonetwork
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-2614Keycloak: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Keycloak ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren und sensible Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-pjp7-q6wp-97qxcore-geonetwork has an Open Redirect Bypass2026-07-31ghsa · osvUS
### Summary GeoNetwork's post-login redirect handling can be bypassed to redirect users to an attacker-controlled external site, even though the code attempts to restrict redirect targets to relative, in-application URLs. This affects both supported SSO login methods: OAuth2/OIDC and Keycloak. ### Details Both the OAuth2/OIDC and Keycloak login filters validate the client-supplied post-login redirect target before forwarding the browser to it, but the validation does not correctly reject every kind of URL that causes the browser to leave the GeoNetwork origin. As a result, a value that is treated as a safe, in-application relative path by the filter can still cause the browser to be redirected to an external, attacker-controlled host. ### Impact An attacker can craft a link to a legitimate GeoNetwork OAuth2/OIDC or Keycloak login endpoint that, after the login flow completes, redirects the victim to an arbitrary external site. This can be used for phishing (e.g., presenting a fake login form) or to chain into other attacks hosted externally. This does not bypass authentication or expose GeoNetwork data directly; the impact is Open Redirect (CWE-601). GeoNetwork 3.x and 4.0.x are archived/unmaintained and will not receive a fix for this issue. Instances running those lines should upgrade to a supported release (4.2.16 or later, or 4.4.11 or later).
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references (21)
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- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/commit/0d74f673dfc926bde935819ed34636d789b2fecdcnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/commit/cde9b6481a29e2473b7b74479b4e3fd6843bac4ecnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/9307cnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/9309cnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/releases/tag/4.2.16cnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/releases/tag/4.4.11cnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-pjp7-q6wp-97qxcnnvd
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/commit/0d74f673dfc926bde935819ed34636d789b2fecdenisa_euvd
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