CVE Watch—

CVE-2024-36401

OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerability

CVSS

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No CVSS

EPSS

99.8%

p100

KEV

YES

Jul 15, 2024

Exploit Today

0-100

Published: — · Last modified: —

EPSS · 30d

99.8%EPSS · 30 days99.8%

2026-09-162026-10-14

KEV catalog record

Product

OSGeo / GeoServer

Vulnerability

OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerability

Added to KEV

Jul 15, 2024

Remediate by

Aug 5, 2024

Known ransomware use

Summary 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.

Notes

This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6jj6-gm7p-fcvv, https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/4797 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36401

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