ClosedPatched

OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection

OSGeo GeoServer

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. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-07-15.

Why this severity: CVSS 9.8 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jul 1, 2024
Closed: Jul 15, 2024
CVE: CVE-2024-36401

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Updated Jul 15, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline2

Jul 15, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-36401 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-08-05)
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Jul 1, 2024
CVE-2024-36401 published
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Advisories4

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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