CVE-2024-36401 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting GeoServer and GeoTools, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted OGC requests. This flaw stems from unsafe XPath expression evaluation of property names, impacting all GeoServer instances regardless of configuration. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with public Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates available, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of federal agency breaches.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.22.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.23.0, < 2.23.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.24.0, < 2.24.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.25.0, < 2.25.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geoserver:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 29.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geotools:geotools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.